> it's even slower than Python. It's faster at some things and slower at others. It's fairly similar in speed profile to Python in my eyes. > Are you saying

> it's even slower than Python. It's faster at some things and slower at others. It's fairly similar in speed profile to Python in my eyes. > Are you saying the language doesn't change much or that it doesn't crash? Both is probably what was meant. They are literally changing the major version so they can change some backwards compatibility, as Perl has made strong backwards compatibility a goal and selling point for decades. You can take a script written in 2000, and it will likely run without problem if you run it on a Perl 5.30, released last year.