Re: File Handles

Thanks, you guys are great. Does anyone have any idea what the install base of Perl is like? Are most people on 5.6 and up? Thanks, Justin

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Re^2: File Handles by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 08, 2007 at 16:03 UTC
I don't know, but here's some numbers to ponder. The initial release of 5.6 was on 2000-03-22. The last release of 5.6 was on 2001-04-08. (Not counting a later release which only added support for more compilers.) Perl 5.6 is 7 years old, and hasn't had a release in 6 years. Hopefully, just about everyone is using at least 5.6 by now. In case you are curious: The initial release of 5.8 was on 2002-07-19. The latest release of 5.8 was on 2006-01-31. Information taken from Module::CoreList.	[reply]

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Re^2: File Handles
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 08, 2007 at 16:03 UTC

I don't know, but here's some numbers to ponder.
The initial release of 5.6 was on 2000-03-22.
The last release of 5.6 was on 2001-04-08.
(Not counting a later release which only added support for more compilers.)
Perl 5.6 is 7 years old, and hasn't had a release in 6 years.
Hopefully, just about everyone is using at least 5.6 by now.

In case you are curious:
The initial release of 5.8 was on 2002-07-19.
The latest release of 5.8 was on 2006-01-31.

Information taken from Module::CoreList.

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