Perl
lang
Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over 30 years of development.
| Release | Released | Active Support | Critical security patches | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.40 | 5 months ago (09 Jun 2024) |
Yes |
Ends
in 2 years and 6 months (09 Jun 2027)
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5.40.0
(09 Jun 2024)
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| 5.38 | 1 year and 4 months ago (02 Jul 2023) |
Yes |
Ends
in 1 year and 7 months (02 Jul 2026)
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5.38.2
(29 Nov 2023)
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| 5.36 | 2 years and 5 months ago (27 May 2022) |
Ended
5 months ago (09 Jun 2024)
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Ends
in 6 months (27 May 2025)
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5.36.3
(29 Nov 2023)
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| 5.34 | 3 years and 6 months ago (20 May 2021) |
Ended
1 year and 4 months ago (02 Jul 2023)
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Ended
6 months ago (20 May 2024)
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5.34.3
(29 Nov 2023)
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| 5.32 | 4 years ago (20 Jun 2020) |
Ended
2 years and 5 months ago (27 May 2022)
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Ended
1 year and 5 months ago (20 Jun 2023)
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5.32.1
(23 Jan 2021)
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| 5.30 | 5 years ago (22 May 2019) |
Ended
3 years and 6 months ago (20 May 2021)
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Ended
2 years and 6 months ago (22 May 2022)
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5.30.3
(29 May 2020)
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| 5.28 | 6 years ago (22 Jun 2018) |
Ended
4 years ago (20 Jun 2020)
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Ended
3 years and 5 months ago (23 Jun 2021)
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5.28.3
(29 May 2020)
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| 5.26 | 7 years ago (30 May 2017) |
Ended
5 years ago (22 May 2019)
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Ended
4 years and 5 months ago (30 May 2020)
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5.26.3
(28 Nov 2018)
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Perl used the following policy since the 5.6 release of Perl:
- Maintenance releases (ready for production use) are even numbers, such as 5.8, 5.10, 5.12.
- Development releases are odd numbers, such as 5.9, 5.11, 5.13.
This page only list maintenance releases. Moreover, as detailed in the perlpolicy man page, the Perl community will, to the best of its ability, attempt to:
- Fix critical issues in the two most recent maintenance releases.
- Provide critical security patches for any maintenance release within the past three years.
More information is available on the Perl website.
You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.
perl -v
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