Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 12:54:26 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Nick Hibma <n_hibma@calcaphon.com> Cc: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>, Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net>, "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>, FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Perl 5.6.0? Message-ID: <70979.954759266@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Apr 2000 10:52:13 %2B0100." <Pine.BSF.4.20.0004031050131.9381-100000@localhost>
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On Mon, 03 Apr 2000 10:52:13 +0100, Nick Hibma wrote: > Are there actually any good reasons why we _should_ upgrade in the first > place? Security fixes, added functionality we require, etc. The perl we > have is stable and the problems it has are well known, which is good > enough in 99% of the cases. The only significant reason to upgrade (as far as I'm concerned) is for the updated base modules, many of which provide fixes and features that modern perl5 scripts rely on. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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