Perl 5.11.0 Released

jamie points out that Perl 5.11.0 was released yesterday, as well as a schedule for future 5.11.x releases, planned for the 20th of every month. Jesse Vincent encouraged testing of the new (development) version, saying, "If you write software in Perl, it is particularly important that you test your software against development releases. While we strive to maintain source compatibility with prior releases wherever possible, it is always possible that a well-intentioned change can have unexpected consequences. If you spot a change in a development release which breaks your code, it's much more likely that we will be able to fix it before the next stable release. If you only test your code against stable releases of Perl, it may not be possible to undo a backwards-incompatible change which breaks your code."

Comments

Re:netcraft didn't confirm but Perl is dying

[smoker2]

Somehow I think your username gives away your bias. So STFU.

Re:Perl has died in industry.

[iggymanz]

sure, great libraries built and are reason Perl still used. but share of its use on the web has dropped to less than 20% of what it once was. the contention isn't that Perl 5.x is dead, but that it is dying out.

For better or worse, PHP has eaten much of Perl's lunch. PHP Libraries adequate enough for 80% of the uses.

Re:Perl has died in industry.

[phayes]

Either give a cite for the %20 or stfu & let the adults talk in peace. Grownups do not attempt to pull numbers out of the thin air.