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| author | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2021-04-13 15:29:20 -0400 |
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| committer | Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> | 2021-04-15 23:31:44 -0400 |
| commit | 4ccc021183fe691c3229ff36e54ded8b305fcb71 (patch) | |
| tree | 38abf8d563a6dcd617475d90b38ed25ce02e739d /Documentation | |
| parent | 3052acd27f3119510b3efa33d77b610d6c4f1c85 (diff) | |
| download | public-inbox-4ccc021183fe691c3229ff36e54ded8b305fcb71.tar.gz | |
It looks like stability and compatibility will prevail, after all.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt b/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt index de6f912a..fbe2e1b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/whyperl.txt @@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ Good Things Perl had fewer breaking changes than Python or Ruby; we expect that trend to continue given the inertia of Perl 5. - Note: this document was written before the Perl 7 announcement. - We'll continue to monitor and adapt to the situation around - what distros are doing in regard to maintaining compatibility. + As of April 2021, the Perl Steering Committee has confirmed + Perl 7 will require `use v7.0' and existing code should + continue working unchanged: + https://nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/259789 + <CAMvkq_SyTKZD=1=mHXwyzVYYDQb8Go0N0TuE5ZATYe_M4BCm-g@mail.gmail.com> * Built for text processing |