Perl 5.000 was released in 1994 (see https://perl.bot/p/kw3gbl https://perl.bot/p/kw3gbl for a demonstration that had the syntax) Edit: That bot is far too eas

Perl 5.000 was released in 1994 (see https://perl.bot/p/kw3gbl https://perl.bot/p/kw3gbl for a demonstration that had the syntax) Edit: That bot is far too easy to be curious with, and unless I got my testing wrong, perl 2 (from 1988) seems to have been where it was added: https://perl.bot/p/jzyi91 https://perl.bot/p/jzyi91 All assistance convincing the rest of the world they should also adopt the feature is very much welcome though :D