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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."

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  1. Wow. . . by ibmjones · · Score: 5, Funny

    It must be real good if it goes to eleven.

    1. Re:Wow. . . by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 4, Funny

      Is anyone hosting a Perl 5.11.0 House Party? Will there be deviled eggs?

  2. Other stuff that is out by sakdoctor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Kernel 2.6.31.1
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  3. Re:Seriously? by iggymanz · · Score: 5, Funny

    and Perl use had dropped to 15% of its former level in the past five years because the perfect number of applications have been developed with it, there's almost no software left to write.