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Re: Oldest supported Perl version

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Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 20, 2009, 19:58 UTC
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On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 14:11, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Michael Witten wrote:
>
>> It looks like 5.6.0 was released a DECADE ago. Drop it.
>
> What part of "causing others a lot of pain" did you not understand,
> exactly?
I'd say: Take your own advice.

It's very likely that requiring compatibility with a DECADE old perl is going to cause others a lot of pain.

At some point, backward compatibility is just stupid; it's meant for TRANSITION.
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  3. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  4. Jay SoffianApr 20, 2009
  5. H.Merijn BrandApr 20, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinApr 20, 2009
  7. H.Merijn BrandApr 20, 2009
  8. Jakub NarebskiApr 20, 2009
  9. Jay SoffianApr 20, 2009
  10. Jay SoffianApr 20, 2009
  11. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  12. Johannes SchindelinApr 20, 2009
  13. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  14. H.Merijn BrandApr 20, 2009
  15. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  16. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  17. H.Merijn BrandApr 20, 2009
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