Post #2554166
2025-06-04 05:36 UTC
@enobacon@urbanists.social @Mutesplash@uncontrollablegas.com @siracusa@mastodon.social obviously perl did break compatibility and it went so well, that they later renamed it, to be a new language instead
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@enobacon@urbanists.social 2025-06-04 06:08
@mxk@hachyderm.io @Mutesplash@uncontrollablegas.com @siracusa@mastodon.social it turned out compatibility with older code was one of perl's things by that time. They've still managed to add several features to reach 5.42 or 7 or whatever 2026 edition, version numbers being what they are, while still staying largely compatible with CPAN's well-tested libraries and lots of other code from +20yrs ago.