Perl has been on a 12 month development cycle so some years (since perl 5.12 i think which would be from 2010). I seems to have worked out well but they only s

Perl has been on a 12 month development cycle so some years (since perl 5.12 i think which would be from 2010). I seems to have worked out well but they only support the two most recent (stable) versions - https://perldoc.perl.org/perlpolicy#MAINTENANCE-AND-SUPPORT https://perldoc.perl.org/perlpolicy#MAINTENANCE-AND-SUPPORT