Last time I was worried about the version was a long time ago, but I remember at one point manually upgrading to 5.6.0 because of some specific feature. Other than that I’ve mostly used the system default ever since I first started working with CGI back in 1998.
I still use it for the simple reason that it’s the language I know best, and I can hack together what I need without reading up documentation in order to invoke whatever superstitious practices some languages consider “good karma” (looking at you there, python).
I would show you the laughable perl code I’m working on these days, but there’s a 50/50 chance it’ll backfire and make your day worse.
hey cool! I met Larry at the very first perl conference in the 90’s, it warms me to my core to see folks still use this lovely language.
Tell granny what version you’re up to!
Last time I was worried about the version was a long time ago, but I remember at one point manually upgrading to 5.6.0 because of some specific feature. Other than that I’ve mostly used the system default ever since I first started working with CGI back in 1998.
I still use it for the simple reason that it’s the language I know best, and I can hack together what I need without reading up documentation in order to invoke whatever superstitious practices some languages consider “good karma” (looking at you there, python).