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Old 08-28-2016, 02:59 PM   #1
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Difference Between Perl 5.24.0 and Perl 5.14?

I've decided to take the time and learn Perl. I've found a set of books from amazon with good reviews. The first one is Learning Perl (ISBN-10:1449303587). The book covers 5.14, however, Perl is at the stable version of 5.24. Is there that much of a difference between the two versions that the book would be considered out of date? Should I still purchase it?
 
Old 08-28-2016, 06:07 PM   #2
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http://perldoc.perl.org/index-history.html ?
 
Old 08-28-2016, 06:12 PM   #3
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It's fine as long as it covers perl version > 5.10
 
Old 08-29-2016, 11:43 AM   #4
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The perl way is to do:

Code:
perldoc hist

perldoc perl5220delta

perldoc perl|grep delta
The first thing to do is learn how to use perldoc.
 
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the difference is 0.1
 
Old 09-29-2016, 07:36 AM   #6
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The release-notes detail all of the language changes between each version.
 
  


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