Re^7: Modern Perl Programming Highs and Lows

Both 5.8.9 and 5.10.0 are very recent releases. There are *plenty* of people still using 5.8.8, because 5.8.8 was, for a very long time, the most recent version of perl.

When you say similar things about people still using perl 5.6 then you do at least have a valid point. But saying that about 5.8.8 seems just crazy.

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Re^8: Modern Perl Programming Highs and Lows by chromatic (Archbishop) on May 01, 2009 at 19:30 UTC
There are plenty* of people still using 5.8.8, because 5.8.8 was, for a very long time, the most recent version of perl.* You're right; I had forgotten about Mac OS X.	[reply]
Re^9: Modern Perl Programming Highs and Lows by DrHyde (Prior) on May 05, 2009 at 10:01 UTC
Huh? `$ perl -v This is perl, v5.8.8 built for i686-linux` [download] What does the operating system have to do with anything?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^10: Modern Perl Programming Highs and Lows by chromatic (Archbishop) on May 05, 2009 at 18:29 UTC
It's the only widely used modern operating system I know of which includes Perl as part of the default installation but hasn't upgraded to a recent release.	[reply]
Re^11: Modern Perl Programming Highs and Lows by DrHyde (Prior) on May 06, 2009 at 10:24 UTC
Re^12: Modern Perl Programming Highs and Lows by chromatic (Archbishop) on May 07, 2009 at 07:30 UTC
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Re^8: Modern Perl Programming Highs and Lows by JavaFan (Canon) on May 05, 2009 at 12:00 UTC
5.10.0 are very recent releases. Not so long ago, software whose latest release was a year and a half ago wasn't considered "very recent", but "old, outdated" and possibly "dead". Now, I don't agree with the latter part, but I certainly don't consider a release that is a year and a half old as "very recent".	[reply]