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@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ the shiny new.
 Avoid relying on compiled modules too much.  Even if it is Free,
 compiled code makes packages more expensive to audit, build,
 distribute and verify.  public-inbox itself will only be implemented
 Avoid relying on compiled modules too much.  Even if it is Free,
 compiled code makes packages more expensive to audit, build,
 distribute and verify.  public-inbox itself will only be implemented

-in scripting languages (currently Perl 5).
+in scripting languages (currently Perl 5) and optional JIT-compiled C
+(via Inline::C)

 
 Performance should be reasonably good for server administrators, too,
 and we will sacrifice features to achieve predictable performance.
 
 Performance should be reasonably good for server administrators, too,
 and we will sacrifice features to achieve predictable performance.


@@ -50,7 +51,10 @@ requirements.
 See design_www.txt and design_notes.txt in the Documentation/
 directory for design decisions made during development.
 
 See design_www.txt and design_notes.txt in the Documentation/
 directory for design decisions made during development.
 

-For now, one may optionally subscribe to the mailing list by
-sending an email to: meta+subscribe@public-inbox.org
-(and confirming).  However, reading over the mailing list is
-the least reliable method of reading a public-inbox.
+Perl notes
+----------
+
+* \w, \s, \d character classes all match Unicode characters;
+  so write out class ranges (e.g "[0-9]") if you only intend to
+  match ASCII.  Do not use the "/a" (ASCII) modifier, that requires
+  Perl 5.14 and we're only depending on 5.10.1 at the moment.