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Re: Arguments for upgrading from Perl 5.8by chromatic (Archbishop) |
on Nov 17, 2011 at 19:21 UTC ( [id://938671]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Perl 5.8 has been unsupported for a while now, so if you find a bug in Perl 5 itself, you're going to have to fix it yourself. (Canonical probably isn't going to support it for you.) If you find a bug in one of your CPAN modules, you may or may not get support from the author for Perl 5.8. That depends on the author. (I don't support 5.8. Canonical probably isn't going to support it for you.) If you need working Unicode, 5.12 is really the earliest version of Perl 5 that has anything close to complete support. 5.14 is your best option. (Perl 5.12 is a bit faster than 5.10 and uses a little less memory, and 5.14 continues that trend.) Improve your skills with Modern Perl: the free book.
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