Perl 42.0: A New Era For The Language
Perl version 42.0 proposed, smooth transition hoped for; Perl Community Conference Winter 2024 on Dec 18th & Perl Advent Calendar 2024 celebrating its 25th year.
Originally published at Perl Weekly 696 Hi there, I remember when I started The Weekly Challenge, I used to refer to Perl as Perl 5 just to differentiate it from Perl 6, which is now called Raku. Ever since Perl 6 became Raku, I went back to simply calling it Perl. During the London Perl Workshop 2024, I heard the whispers about the proposal of change in version but no details were available at the time to my knowledge. Before I talk about it, let me share this GitHub repository for Proposed Perl Changes (PPCs). Anyone curious to know what is happening or in the pipeline, can easily get the up...