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in thread How to define a package using a tweaked version of LWP::UserAgent?

You know, there are situations where people are actively developing code on legacy hardware, where the old version of Perl is so much better than the alternative (Bourne, or if they're lucky, Korn shell), that they're not very likely to buck the hierarchy to try and compile a Perl on the old stuff. For one, the powers that be might not allow you to put a copy of gcc on a "one of" production box.

Things like Solaris 8 have a default Perl of the 5.005 variety. And yes, they get used for production all the time.
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Re^2: Upgrading perl (was: Re^3: How to define a package using a tweaked version of LWP::UserAgent?)
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Jul 31, 2008 at 07:54 UTC

    It's possible to perform an emergency tracheotomy with a pocket knife and a cheap ballpoint pen, but that doesn't make it a good idea.