In the last few years, we've seen the rise of "modern Perl", which is a (not well defined, but useful) set of "modern" techniques, helpful modules and tools (and maybe philosophy, too). Perl 5.10 and 5.12 have been released, see perl5100delta and perl5120delta.

It includes advice as simple as using the three-argument form of open and lexical file handles, and helpful modules like Moose. chromatic works on a book that teaches modern Perl.

We've also seen increased blogging about perl, see for example the iron man challenge, perlsphere and planet six.

Perl 6 is developing steadily, and we plan to ship an early adapter's release for Rakudo Perl 6 this quater (so before end of June). The recent Perl 6 spec changes have nearly all been based on user feedback, or questions of the compiler writers.

There has been so much activity in the Perl community that it feels almost impossible to summarize it well in a few lines, so I hope others will chime in and supply all the important facts I forgot.

In reply to Re: Summary of Perl in the past 2-3 years by moritz
in thread Summary of Perl in the past 2-3 years by Anonymous Monk

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