Perl 5.18.0 is now available

Re:Perl 5.18.0 is now available by mhd on Saturday May 18, 2013 @01:49PM (#5729698)

We deploy to a RHEL server where the stock Perl is 5.8.8. Sure, migrating that to a perlbrew/local::lib setup with up-to-date CPAN modules would be really nice, but would require some major testing, and right now nobody has the time for that. Never change a running system sigh...

But hey, generally it's not a big hassle, from a programmer's perspective that version ain't that outdated. About the only thing I really miss is "//="...

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Re:Perl 5.18.0 is now available by snaky on Saturday May 18, 2013 @03:34PM (#5730072)

There are some modules that don't support Perl 5.8, like Data::Show. RHEL's policy about Perl versions is just horrible.

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Re:Perl 5.18.0 is now available by kbenson on Saturday May 18, 2013 @11:55PM (#5731701)

Calling keys, values, push, pop, shift and unshift on refs. That one change makes things SO much more readable.

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