upgrading perl

Skylar Thompson skylar at cs.earlham.edu
Fri Dec 31 10:48:36 PST 2004


On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 12:46:09PM +0100, Erik Norgaard wrote:
> I haven't found big differences between 5.6 and 5.8, so I'd suggest you 
> use 5.8. The main reason to stick with an older version is that you 
> might develop scripts for platforms where the newer are not available.

I've noticed some memory allocation bugs with 5.6, so I'd just go straight
for 5.8.

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-- Skylar Thompson (skylar at cs.earlham.edu)
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