@caseyliss @siracusa To be fair, the python people care about is 3 which was released in 2008 and perl 5, the one people usually associate with "perl" was 1994.
@bartreardon Today’s Perl 5.40.2 is not the same as 1994’s Perl 5.0.0
@siracusa @bartreardon As someone who years ago had to periodically compile newer Perl and Perl modules on HP-UX (Itanium) for $WORK, can confirm… significant differences in performance, features, platform support, etc. over time encompassed in that one major version 5.