Moin,
On Tuesday 18 December 2007 19:11:46 Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:
> He would often declare, in speaking his thoughts upon the> subject, that he did not conceive how the greatest family in England> could stand it out against an uninterrupted succession of six or> seven short noses.--And for the contrary reason, he would generally> add, That it must be one of the greatest problems in civil life,> where the same number of long and jolly noses, following one another> in a direct line, did not raise and hoist it up into the best> vacancies in the kingdom.> -- Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy>> Perl 5.10.0 is now out, the first in the 5.10.x major version series,> after a five year long development process. It's currently being> mirrored on CPAN.>> A more formal announcement will follow via the usual canals.> I'm told a press release is also in the works.>> I would like to thank everyone on perl5-porters for their efforts. I> hope we'll all be proud of what Perl is becoming. And ready to get> back to the keyboard for 5.12, for which, I hope, we'll not wait as> long as we waited for 5.10.>> As a personal note, I can't wait to use 5.10 in production. All those> new features are quite exciting, aren't they?Happy birthday and a BigThankYouAll! :)
Best wishes,
Tels
PS: New BigInt versions matching 5.10 will go to CPAN tomorrow or so.
Finally :)