in reply to Why perl 5.26.1 and 5.24.3 both were released on same date?

You can verify the dates in the release announcements: 5.26.1, 5.24.3. You'll find more details there, too.

The first release of 5.26 was 5.26.0, 5.26.1 contains fixes and corrections of 5.26.0, and 5.24.3 is the fourth release of 5.24. You can read about Perl versioning e.g. in briandfoy's blog.

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