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In short, remove the "5" in Perl 5, such that Perl 5.42 would be simply "42".

And, the latest edition of Learning Perl covers up to v5.34. I also provide additional exercises in Learning Perl Exercises ( https://leanpub.com/learning_perl_exercises >), and co…

I don't know who The Register tried to contact, but it wasn't me. As soon as their article came out, however, I contacted the reporter. And, I've fixed the broken image. Thanks for…

No, the Perl.com website is managed by David Farrell. The domain is owned by Tom Christainsen. The Perl Foundation is not involved with the operation of either.

Thanks to everyone who has given advice and helped us develop a timeline of the incident. I'm not part of the network and asset management: I'm a mere editor of the website. The cu…

To clarify this: if v5.32 can run your code, you should be safe. There have been various small changes in Perl 5 that might not handle something you wrote in 1995.

I already have Preparing for Perl 7 on LeanPub ( https://leanpub.com/preparing_for_perl7 )