Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:24:23 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: Karl Agee <kdagee@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upgrading perl Message-ID: <41D4E287.7040606@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY15-F316989B3463E5B11814EC1C69D0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY15-F316989B3463E5B11814EC1C69D0@phx.gbl>
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Karl Agee wrote: > Freebsd 4.11-pre. I am working on learning perl, and have perl 5.00x > that is in the base system when I installed 4.10-Release. Since most > of the learning materials out there are based on later verisions esp > since 5.6.x some of the features arent in this older version. > > I am considering upgrading to 5.8.5 via ports, but, dont know if that > will break anything. > > Just being cautious... > > --Karl > Hello Karl Unless it's relatively easy to upgrade perl on 4.x I wouldn't bother with it. most everything in perl 5.6 (and 5.8) work in 5. If you want to learn about perl this resource should be very helpful: http://www.ebb.org/PickingUpPerl/ Remember to buy them!, Nikolas http://www.hn.edu.cn/book/Perl/Perl.html
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