3 perldelta - what's new for perl v5.8.0
7 This document describes differences between the 5.6 release and this one.
9 =head1 Core Enhancements
11 =head1 Modules and Pragmata
13 =head1 Utility Changes
15 =head1 Improved Documentation
17 =head1 Performance enhancements
19 =head1 Installation and Configuration Improvements
21 =head1 Platform specific changes
23 =head1 Significant bug fixes
25 =head1 New or Changed Diagnostics
29 =head1 Incompatible Changes
33 =head1 Obsolete Diagnostics
37 If you find what you think is a bug, you might check the
38 articles recently posted to the comp.lang.perl.misc newsgroup.
39 There may also be information at http://www.perl.com/perl/, the Perl
42 If you believe you have an unreported bug, please run the B<perlbug>
43 program included with your release. Be sure to trim your bug down
44 to a tiny but sufficient test case. Your bug report, along with the
45 output of C<perl -V>, will be sent off to perlbug@perl.com to be
46 analysed by the Perl porting team.
50 The F<Changes> file for exhaustive details on what changed.
52 The F<INSTALL> file for how to build Perl.
54 The F<README> file for general stuff.
56 The F<Artistic> and F<Copying> files for copyright information.
60 Written by Gurusamy Sarathy <F<gsar@activestate.com>>, with many
61 contributions from The Perl Porters.
63 Send omissions or corrections to <F<perlbug@perl.com>>.