Perl gets new releases on a yearly cadence. We're now at 5.36 IIRC. A far cry from 5.8 or even 5.10.
The new releases usually come with bug fixes, speed-ups, additions to the core language, optional syntax features, etc.
The only way one gets to use an "old" interpreter is if they're stuck on an old OS release (i.e. RHEL?) and/or they don't build their own version and use the "system" Perl.
The new releases usually come with bug fixes, speed-ups, additions to the core language, optional syntax features, etc.
The only way one gets to use an "old" interpreter is if they're stuck on an old OS release (i.e. RHEL?) and/or they don't build their own version and use the "system" Perl.