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perldoc perlport:
| Listed below are functions that are either completely unimplemented
| or else have been implemented differently on various platforms.
| Following each description will be, in parentheses, a list of
| platforms that the description applies to.
Note: "Following each description ...".
As an example ('system'):
| The return value is POSIX-like (shifted up by 8 bits), which only
| allows room for a made-up value derived from the severity bits of
| the native 32-bit condition code (unless overridden by "use vmsish
| 'status'"). If the native condition code is one that has a POSIX
| value encoded, the POSIX value will be decoded to extract the
| expected exit value. For more details see "$?" in perlvms. (VMS)
You have to read and understand the whole paragraph before finding out that it may be irrelevant to you at the end ("(VMS)").
I think it would be better if the list of platforms preceded each paragraph.
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