Perl5 Summary
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Solve the problems of Perl4:
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Prevent code forks
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Extend Perl with Perl
(modules)
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Use existing C libraries
(h2xs)
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Native code interfaces
(xsub)
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Allow Object Oriented Programming
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Larry as release manager
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Maintainers:
perl5-porters@perl.org
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Perl6 Update