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Perl 5.11.0 Released
By Doug Caverly
Staff Writer
Article Date: 2009-10-13
Perl 5.11.0 - which has been labeled "the result of over two years of development by a global community of developers" - is now available to everyone. It was released not long ago, and a plan regarding future releases has been announced, too.
One important thing to note about Perl 5.11.0 is that it's a development release. However, you shouldn't take that fact and the info about future releases to mean that you're supposed to remain on the sidelines. Jesse Vincent wrote, "If you write software in Perl, it is particularly important that you test your software against development releases."
He then explained, "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."
So have at it. And as for the future, 5.11.x releases are supposed to come on the 20th of every month, meaning that you should see problems fixed in very short order. (This will be possible due to a rapid rotation of volunteer release managers.)
This accelerated rate should help keep interest in Perl (and Perl itself) alive and well.
About the Author:
Doug is a staff writer for WebProNews. Visit WebProNews for the latest eBusiness news.
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