Perl version list

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Re: Perl version list by davorg (Chancellor) on Sep 27, 2006 at 12:13 UTC
perldoc perlhist -- <http://dave.org.uk> "The first rule of Perl club is you do not talk about Perl club." -- Chip Salzenberg	[reply]
Re: Perl version list by Corion (Patriarch) on Sep 27, 2006 at 11:46 UTC
ysth maintains the Recent Perl Release Announcements.	[reply]
Re: Perl version list by ambrus (Abbot) on Sep 27, 2006 at 11:54 UTC
You can also ask CPAN. http://search.cpan.org/~nwclark/perl-5.8.8/ has an option box that lists all the releases that were uploaded to CPAN. http://www.cpan.org/src/README.html has some info too.	[reply]
Re: Perl version list by dk (Chaplain) on Sep 27, 2006 at 12:19 UTC
locate delta.pod \| perl -nle 'print m/perl(5\d+)delta/' \| sort \| uniq :)	[reply]
Re: Perl version list by radiantmatrix (Parson) on Sep 27, 2006 at 14:29 UTC
CPAN keeps source packages for all of those versions of Perl. In case you were interested, this was the fourth hit googling for perl distribution site <–radiant.matrix–> A collection of thoughts and links from the minds of geeks The Code that can be seen is not the true Code I haven't found a problem yet that can't be solved by a well-placed trebuchet	[reply]
Re: Perl version list by ww (Archbishop) on Sep 27, 2006 at 13:49 UTC
above answers ++; but the question is NOT unambiguous. IMO, a plausible alternate meaning is: "How can I obtain copies of __(name)_'s perl versions 5.n.n to 5.n+?" as OP might conceivably be interested in testing compatibility. Hint to OP: If this was your intent, update to mention your desired OS, any preference on (name) -- eg, ActiveState, Vanilla,.... Partial Answer: Some vendors/suppliers maintain availability of versions which were released prior to the current version. Check.	[reply]
Re^2: Perl version list by brian_d_foy (Abbot) on Sep 27, 2006 at 18:19 UTC
CPAN has the past releases of Perl back to perl5.004, and also perl4.036.. Curiously, not even BackPAN goes back farther than that. -- brian d foy <brian@stonehenge.com> Subscribe to The Perl Review	[reply]