Perl 5.11 Released

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October 5, 2009, 2:21 am

The Perl community has released version 5.11 of its open source script language. This version is a Development Release intended to help developers test the compatibility of their software for the planned enhancements for version 5.12. These changes include for example, the function caller() which provides information about a caller within a called function, anonymous packages and named function arguments (parameter proposals).

Perl developer Jesse Vincent is calling on the community to give the Development Release some rigorous testing and report any flaws via the perlbug tool. You can also use perlthanks to express your appreciation to the Perl developers…

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