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Perl gets new releases on a yearly cadence. We're now at 5.36 IIRC. A far cry from 5.8 or even 5.10. The new releases usually come with bug fixes, speed-ups, a

Perl gets new releases on a yearly cadence. We're now at 5.36 IIRC. A far cry from 5.8 or even 5.10. The new releases usually come with bug fixes, speed-ups, additions to the core language, optional syntax features, etc. The only way one gets to use an "old" interpreter is if they're stuck on an old OS release (i.e. RHEL?) and/or they don't build their own version and use the "system" Perl.

jsymolon 4y ago
>stuck on an old OS release (i.e. RHEL?) and/or they don't build their own version and use the "system" Perl. I build my containers and put Perl right in them. Makes the container a little chubbier but no outside dependencies.
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