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Perl 5.6 Release Candidate Announced

thing12 wrote to us to say that the fine folks of Perl have a 5.6.0 release candidate announced.

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  1. Upcoming version... by deuteron · · Score: 3

    Expect 5.6.00001_0000320026800023 to be out soon.

  2. Old news :-) by tilly · · Score: 3

    ActiveState has been offering betas based on this software for nearly a month!

    OK, OK, so they just released an earlier snapshot all packaged together. Same development series. And it was not a release candidate (meaning the developers were not prepared to call it a final release if nobody found any bugs).

    But still. :-)

    Cheers,
    Ben

    --
    My usual seat in the cluetrain is at A HREF="http://pub4.ezboard.com/biwethey.ht
  3. Actually no... versioning has changed by ggoebel · · Score: 3

    Perl has moved to Linux style versions. Where even numbers are stable and odd are development:

    • v5.6.0 = stable
    • v5.7.1 = development track

    Expect to see v5.6.0.1-n soon ;)

    --
    Life is like an egg better scrambled than fried. -- Ken Sawatari
  4. Re:Then Perl is perfect for you :-) by Abigail-II · · Score: 3
    Yes, it even supports goto().

    Actually, it has 3 forms of goto. Plain goto LABEL, computed goto (ala Fortran, IIRC), and deep voodoo magic goto, which can be very useful (in AUTOLOAD() for instance).

    -- Abigail
    perl-Mstrict-we'$_="gotoF.printchop;\n=rekca HlrePrehtonatsuJ";F1:eval'