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:Perl has died in industry (mod away, kids)

[bitemykarma]

Ok, I know this will be modded flamebait or troll, but really. Think about why do these scripting ("dynamic", bah) languages come and go.

It appears to me that some kids don't want to mess around with compilers and such. They value programming speed over stability and maintainability. Don't think so? Look at a Python program sometime and compare the ratio of comment lines to code lines in comparison to software written by an adult in a compiled language.

But my real point is an answer to why people aren't using perl so much anymore; they grew up.

The new kids are using Python, PHP, Ruby, or whatever is the latest excuse not to actually compile code into something stable and maintainale.

Re:Also try Perl 6

[Anonymous Coward]

Who are these "people" using "Perl 6" for "years"? Name them now, please. The only people I know "using" Perl 6 are those who installed Rakudo, saw that it was a piece of cowshit, and promptly ignored it for being the excrement that it is.

And we aren't biologists, you faggot. We are software developers. And so we use the definition of "stable" that is commonly known to software developers, which has to do with predictability, a lack of changes that will break our code, and a robustness that'll help avoid crashes.

I don't give a fuck if Rakudo releases every month. My clients don't give a fuck. We want software that we can trust in to not rape itself. Perl 5 gives us that trust. Java gives us that trust. Even .NET gives us that trust. Perl 6 and Rakudo do not.

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.