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I am not sure why in details, but we upgraded some of our servers to Perl 5.16 because it seems to have much better threads.

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Re^2: Why upgrade perl?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 20, 2013 at 16:29 UTC
    we upgraded some of our servers to Perl 5.16 because it seems to have much better threads.

    Any pointers to the evidence?

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      As I said, I do not really know the details. This is not my main work, but an application for which I only work occasionally. It was previously working on 5.8, if I remember correctly (or perhaps 5.10, but I think it was 5.8), and they decided to upgrade because they wanted to use threads in a new framework developped internaly, and, apparently, it does make a difference. I do not know the details personally, but I would tend to trust the person who proposed that upgrade decision, because I know it is someone who usually knows fairly well what he is doing.

      But the point is that the improvement was compared to Perl 5.8, not a more recent version.

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        As I said, I do not really know the details.

        Okay thanks.

        I'm always interested in staying abreast of changes and improvements in the threading support as I make a great deal of use of them. So any time I think I've missed something I try to track down more information.

        With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
        Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
        "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
        In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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