[Perl-org-patches] Target audience / platforms for learn.perl.org

[Eric Wilhelm]

# from Leo Lapworth
# on Thursday 12 November 2009 06:32:

>Could I suggest that all learn.perl.org documentation must run on:
>5.8+? - with a mention that most stuff will work on 5.6+? (I really
> don't know the differences enough to write this page, but there
> should be a single page saying why we suggest 5.8+).

I have to disagree there.

5.8.8 is almost 3 years old at this point.  Debian *stable* (lenny) 
includes 5.10.0.  The new tutorials are going to be around for a while, 
and teaching new users to nurse legacy perl releases is not in the Perl 
community's best interest.

An introduction to a modern programming language should not have to 
start with a history lesson.

--Eric
-- 
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
--George Santayana
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