To develop Perl programs correctly, you should understand the versions of Perl that are available and which one you should use. Perl 5.000 was released on October 17, 1994. It was a nearly complete rewrite of Perl 4; however, it was (mostly) backward compatible to Perl 4.
The goal was to create a more efficient language that also had additional useful features. After the release of version 5.000, additional releases were made:
Date | Release |
|---|---|
March 13, 1995 | 5.001 |
February 29, 1996 | 5.002 |
June 25, 1996 | 5.003 |
May 15, 1997 | 5.004 |
July 22, 1998 | 5.005 |
Minor versions (mostly ...
