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Perl 5.8.0 Released

Posted by pudge on from the jhi-is-my-hero dept.

twoshortplanks writes "The latest version of Perl has been released, with new features such as better Unicode support, a new threads implementation, new IO layer support, and a whole plethora of bundled modules - plus a wonderful collection of regression tests and new documentation. The release notes and links to mirrors for download are on dev.perl.org." This is not a release candidate, it's the real thing, representing over two years of work by patch pumpkin holder Jarkko Hietaniemi and his merry band. Hugo van der Sanden is the new pumpking for perl 5.10.

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  1. A programmer without a job... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    "A programmer without a job had a problem. "I know, I will learn perl," he said. The programmer now had two problems."

  2. Re:Will it enforce readable code? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    My favorite quote on Perl:

    "A Perl script looks like an explosion in an ASCII factory"

    I know I saw it on /., but can't attribute it. Sorry.

  3. Re:pumpkin pumpkin whos got the pumpkin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dave, this is your boss. Get back to work!

    Dave's Boss, This is your boss. Get back to work, both of you!

  4. Re:Time to upgrade? by Piers+Cawley · · Score: 2, Funny
    If we're going to play perl golf...
    #!perl -l
    print rand<.5?"Definitely, yes":"Outlook cloudy"
    Or we could go for weird
    print for("Definitely, yes","Outlook cloudy")[rand 2]
  5. Math class by FattMattP · · Score: 3, Funny

    Silly Pudge. 5.10 is less than 5.8. Didn't you take math classes?

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