Older Versions Available in ActivePerl Business Edition and Enterprise Edition
Looking for Perl 5.6, 5.8 or 5.10?
If you are looking for Perl 5.6, 5.8, or 5.10 you need ActivePerl Business Edition or Enterprise Edition, our commercial-grade Perl distributions that include commercial support and cross-platform access.
Official Perl community support for Perl 5.10 ended with the release of Perl 5.14.0. However, ActiveState will continue to support 5.8 and 5.10 for Business and Enterprise Edition customers along with the newer releases, which is in-line with community support policies.
ActiveState recommends Perl 5.14 for new and ongoing development.
If you would like assistance in moving from any of these versions to a more recent version, please business-solution [at] activestate [dot] com (subject: Looking%20to%20upgrade%20from%20Perl%205.6) (contact us) directly. We have Perl experts available to audit and migrate your code. You can find ActivePerl 5.12 and 5.14 in ActivePerl Community Edition. All versions are available for OEM bundling - request a quote for these options here.
Older Perl versions in Business and Enterprise Editions:
- Get convenient, worry free access to Perl 5.6, 5.8 or 5.10 - and have the convenience to upgrade when the time is right
- Available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, HP-UX, and AIX
- Benefit from the ability to test your products against any release version
Enlist commercial support for Perl at a price you can afford:
- Comply with requirements to have supported open source products
- Keep your development issues private
- Count on dynamic languages expertise at your fingertips at a minimal cost
- Free up precious development time to focus on your core competencies
- Ensure maximum uptime for your business-critical applications
Additional support, including best practices guidance is available through ActivePerl Enterprise Edition. For advanced support and consulting, including custom builds, module customization, and development advice, ask us about our Consulting Services.
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What's New in ActivePerl 5.14
- The "unicode_strings" feature is now fully functional
- Exceptions are now more reliable
- The s/// substitution operator has a new non-destructive /r option to work on a copy of the string
- For list of all new features, see the ActivePerl 5.14 documentation
What's New in ActivePerl 5.12 (Latest release: 5.12.1.1202)
- Based on Perl 5.12.2
- Additional modules, including Perl::Critic, Devel::NYTProf and Moose
- GUI shell for Perl::Critic
- y2038 compliance
- Unicode improvements
- Support for pluggable keywords
- For a complete list of changes, see the ActivePerl 5.12 release notes.
What's New in ActivePerl 5.10 (Latest release 5.10.1.1007)
- PPM scans .packlist files newer than the corresponding PPM database for that install area
- On 32-bit Windows CPAN shell automatically downloads and installs the MinGW GCC compiler
- Modules shipped as part of core Perl now included in PPM database
- Bundled modules updated to latest version
- Security fixes
- For a complete list of changes, see the ActivePerl 5.10 release notes.
What's New in ActivePerl 5.8 based on Perl 5.8.9 (Latest release 5.8.9.827)
- OpenSSL security fixes
- -p filetest implemented on Windows
- PerlEx no longer pretends to be mod_perl
- Potential memory corruption in Perl for ISAPI fixed
- Bundled modules updated to latest version
- For a complete list of changes, see the ActivePerl 5.8 release notes.
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