Perl 5.16.0 Released 192
An anonymous reader writes "Perl 5.16.0 is now available with plenty of improvements all around. You can view a summary and all the change details here. With Perl on an annual release schedule, and projects like Mojolicious, Dancer, perlbrew, Plack, and Moose continuing to gain in popularity, are we in the middle of a Perl renaissance?"
Re:Whatever happened to Perl 6? (Score:5, Funny)
The problem with trying to do absolutely everything is it takes awhile to implement.
http://perl6.org/compilers/features [perl6.org]
Its kind of like that Arthur Clarke story "The Nine Billion Names of God". If, one night, you glance at the sky and see the stars start going out, you'll know that someone has finally implemented all the Perl6 features. Either that, or its cloudy and going to rain.
Re:Renaissance? (Score:3, Funny)
Who said anything about dagos and cathedrals? That's a bazaar inference!