Perl Core Development

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Perl Core Development

Perl for the next 22 years

Perl 5 - Production-ready, under active development

Perl 5

Perl 5.10.1 is the current stable version of Perl. Perl is actively maintained by a large group of dedicated volunteers. Perl 5 will be developed and maintained for many years to come.

Perl 6 - In development

Perl 6

The Perl 6 project is a new language. Perl 5 and Perl 6 are two languages in the Perl family, but of different lineages. There is no current release schedule for Perl 6.