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Perl 5.14.2 is now available

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Re: Perl 5.14.2 is now available

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Post by thomas11 »

I like and use Perl and love seeing Perl news on HN, but do we really need the announcements of minor maintenance releases? Since people are voting it up, there is obviously some interest in it, but I don't get it. Plus, there's not even a changelog at the above link.

Re: Perl 5.14.2 is now available

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Post by deepakg »

thomas11 wrote: post #3

I like and use Perl and love seeing Perl news on HN, but do we really need the announcements of minor maintenance releases? Since people are voting it up, there is obviously some interest in it, but I don't get it. Plus, there's not even a changelog at the above link.

From the link above: You can find a full list of changes in the file "perldelta.pod" located in the "pod" directory inside the release and on the web at: https://metacpan.org/module/FLORA/perl-5.14.2/pod/perldelta....

Re: Perl 5.14.2 is now available

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Post by pyre »

thomas11 wrote: post #3

I like and use Perl and love seeing Perl news on HN, but do we really need the announcements of minor maintenance releases? Since people are voting it up, there is obviously some interest in it, but I don't get it. Plus, there's not even a changelog at the above link.

Sometimes I think that whether or not something gets updated is a function of what else there is to upvote at the time.

People hop onto HN and upvote the things that are interesting. If a Perl release is the only interesting thing, then so be it. You could borrow a meme from slashdot.org and call it a 'slow news day.' (I realize that the phrase is older than slashdot)

Re: Perl 5.14.2 is now available

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Post by hartror »

Perl has been completely replaced by Python for me. Perl was the second language I learned in around 1995 after learning Turbo Pascal in my pre-teens. Perl allowed me to learn the programming arts freely, the programs I wrote weren't pretty back then but they ran and performed a function. It let me experiment with CGI, GUIs and writing video games.

Thanks Perl. Pity you were so ugly and we had to break up but Python is "cleaner"[1] and I just couldn't stick with you.

[1] Personal preference I am not looking for a fight :)

Re: Perl 5.14.2 is now available

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Post by irahul »

hartror wrote: post #7

Perl has been completely replaced by Python for me. Perl was the second language I learned in around 1995 after learning Turbo Pascal in my pre-teens. Perl allowed me to learn the programming arts freely, the programs I wrote weren't pretty back then but they ran and performed a function. It let me experiment with CGI, GUIs and writing video games. Thanks Perl. Pity you were so ugly and we had to break up but Python…

> Pity you were so ugly

> [1] Personal preference I am not looking for a fight :)

Your wordings don't align with the disclaimer. That's like saying "you are an idiot, but hey, it's a personal perspective - I am not looking for a fight".

FWIW, I have used perl heavily, and now a days mostly do Python and Ruby. My reasons for Python/Ruby are basically Nltk/Flask/Gevent, Rails etc and don't have much to do with the languages themselves. They are pretty interchangeable with some syntax difference.

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