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), platform-specific issues (L<"PLATFORMS">), and
built-in perl functions that behave differently on various ports
(L<"FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS">).
This information should not be considered complete; it includes possibly
transient information about idiosyncrasies of some of the ports, almost
all of which are in a state of constant evolution. Thus, this material
should be considered a perpetual work in progress
(C<< >>).
=head1 ISSUES
=head2 Newlines
In most operating systems, lines in files are terminated by newlines.
Just what is used as a newline may vary from OS to OS. Unix
traditionally uses C<\012>, one type of DOSish I/O uses C<\015\012>,
and S