=for RCS
#
-# $Id: perlhist.pod,v 1.27 1998/01/16 19:50:20 jhi Exp $
+# $Id: perlhist.pod,v 1.32 1998/04/04 12:20:50 jhi Exp $
#
=end RCS
Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates.
Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to
- /(...|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)
+ /(...|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)
Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package.
Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls).
Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book. Really. We mostly just
- switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.
+ switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.
Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to
- introduce everything else.
+ introduce everything else.
=head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
for details)
===========================================================================
- Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
+ Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
-
+
1.001..10 1988-Jan-30
1.011..14 1988-Feb-02
-
+
Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
-
+
2.001 1988-Jun-28
-
+
Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
-
+
3.001 1989-Oct-26
3.002..4 1989-Nov-11
3.005 1989-Nov-18
3.014 1990-Mar-13
3.015 1990-Mar-14
3.016..18 1990-Mar-28
- 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
+ 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs.
3.028 1990-Aug-14
3.029..36 1990-Oct-17
3.037 1990-Oct-20
3.041 1990-Nov-13
3.042..43 1990-Jan-91
3.044 1991-Jan-12
-
+
Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
-
+
4.001..3 1991-Apr-12
4.004..9 1991-Jun-07
4.010 1991-Jun-10
4.011..18 1991-Nov-05
- 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
+ 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable.
4.020..33 1992-Jun-08
4.034 1992-Jun-11
4.035 1992-Jun-23
- Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
-
+ Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable.
+
5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31
5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16
5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10
5.000alpha6 1993-Mar-18
5.003alpha7 1994-Mar-25
Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04
- Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05
+ Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears.
5.000alpha10 1994-???-??
5.000alpha11 1994-???-??
- Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
+ Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14.
5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14
5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19
5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22
5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24
Larry 5.000beta1 1994-???-??
Andy 5.000b1a 1994-???-??
- Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
+ Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified.
Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14
5.000b2b 1994-Sep-17
5.000b2c 1994-Sep-17
5.000b3f 1994-Sep-30
5.000b3g 1994-Oct-04
Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07
-
+
Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-18
-
+
Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19
5.000b 1995-Jan-18
5.000c 1995-Jan-18
5.000l 1995-Feb-21
5.000m 1995-???-??
5.000n 1995-Mar-07
-
+
Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
-
+
Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15
5.001b 1995-Mar-31
5.001c 1995-Apr-07
5.001d 1995-Apr-14
- 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
+ 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable.
5.001f 1995-May-31
5.001g 1995-May-25
5.001h 1995-May-25
5.001i 1995-May-30
5.001j 1995-Jun-05
5.001k 1995-Jun-06
- 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
- 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
- 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
+ 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable.
+ 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable.
+ 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable.
5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21
5.002b1a 1995-Nov-??
5.002b1b 1995-Dec-04
5.002b1d 1995-Dec-04
5.002b1e 1995-Dec-08
5.002b1f 1995-Dec-08
- Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
+ Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release.
Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05
- 5.002b2 1996-Jan-14
- Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
+ 5.002b2 1996-Jan-14
+ Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02
Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11
Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27
-
+
Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29
-
+
Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
-
- 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
-
+
+ 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release.
+
5.003_01 1996-Jul-31
Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10
Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28
5.003_26 1997-Feb-10
5.003_27 1997-Feb-18
5.003_28 1997-Feb-21
- 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
+ 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
5.003_91 1997-Mar-01
5.003_92 1997-Mar-06
5.003_93 1997-Mar-10
5.003_94 1997-Mar-22
5.003_95 1997-Mar-25
5.003_96 1997-Apr-01
- 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
+ 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used.
5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05
5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08
5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10
5.003_98 1997-Apr-30
5.003_99 1997-May-01
5.003_99a 1997-May-09
- p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
- p54rc2 1997-May-14
-
- Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
-
- Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 The 5.004 maintenance track.
+ p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates.
+ p54rc2 1997-May-14
+
+ Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
+
+ Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 The 5.004 maintenance track.
5.004_02 1997-Aug-07
5.004_03 1997-Sep-05
5.004_04 1997-Oct-15
-
- Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
+
+ Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track.
5.004_51 1997-Oct-02
5.004_52 1997-Oct-15
5.004_53 1997-Oct-16
5.004_54 1997-Nov-14
5.004_55 1997-Nov-25
5.004_56 1997-Dec-18
+ 5.004_57 1998-Feb-03
+ 5.004_58 1998-Feb-06
+ 5.004_59 1998-Feb-13
+ 5.004_60 1998-Feb-20
+ 5.004_61 1998-Feb-27
+ 5.004_62 1998-Mar-06
+ 5.004_63 1998-Mar-17
+ 5.004_64 1998-Apr-03
=head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are
explained below.
- release core lib ext t doc
+ release core lib ext t doc
======================================================================
- 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
- 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
- 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
- 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
- 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
- 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
- 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
- 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
- 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
- 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
- 5.000a3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
- 5.000a9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
+ 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3
+ 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4
+ 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4
+ 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4
+ 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5
+ 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6
+ 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4
+ 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4
+ 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5
+ 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5
+ 5.000a3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5
+ 5.000a9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6
5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9
5.000beta3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21
- 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
- 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
- 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
- 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
- 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
- 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
- 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
- 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
- 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
- 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
- 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
+ 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62
+ 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29
+ 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35
+ 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35
+ 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39
+ 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55
+ 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55
+ 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55
+ 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56
+ 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56
+ 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57
+ 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58
+ 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58
The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code
distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means
regular files.
- core *.[hcy]
- lib lib/**/*.p[ml]
- ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm}
- t t/**/*(.)
- doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
+ core *.[hcy]
+ lib lib/**/*.p[ml]
+ ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm}
+ t t/**/*(.)
+ doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in
the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
======================================================================
Legend: kB #
- 1.014 2.001 3.044 4.000 4.019 4.036
-
+ 1.014 2.001 3.044 4.000 4.019 4.036
+
atarist - - - - - - - - - - 113 31
Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1 73 1 83 1 86 1
eg - - 34 28 47 39 47 39 47 39 47 39
======================================================================
- 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m 5.002 5.003
-
+ 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m 5.002 5.003
+
atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - - - - - -
bench - - 0 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - - - - - -
======================================================================
- 5.003_07 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_56
-
- Configure 217 1 225 1 225 1 232 1
+ 5.003_07 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_62
+
+ Configure 217 1 225 1 225 1 240 1
cygwin32 - - 23 5 23 5 23 5
- djgpp - - - - - - 15 5
+ djgpp - - - - - - 14 5
eg 54 44 81 62 81 62 81 62
emacs 143 1 194 1 204 1 212 2
h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
- hints 90 62 129 69 132 71 138 72
- os2 117 42 121 42 127 42 134 44
+ hints 90 62 129 69 132 71 144 72
+ os2 117 42 121 42 127 42 127 44
plan9 79 15 82 15 82 15 82 15
- Porting 51 1 94 2 109 4 109 4
+ Porting 51 1 94 2 109 4 203 6
qnx - - 1 2 1 2 1 2
- utils 97 7 112 8 118 8 118 8
+ utils 97 7 112 8 118 8 124 8
vms 505 27 518 34 524 34 538 34
- win32 - - 285 33 378 36 449 38
+ win32 - - 285 33 378 36 470 39
x2p 280 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
=head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES
Jarkko Hietaniemi <F<jhi@iki.fi>>.
Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the
-Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Andreas König, John
+Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Andreas Knig, John
Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and
Paul D. Smith sent corrections and additions.
=cut
+
projects / p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git / blobdiff