On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 16:04, Chap Harrison <c...@pobox.com> wrote: > > On Apr 18, 2009, at 5:29 AM, Peter Scott wrote: > >> >> Well, if you're able to upgrade to 5.10: >> >> my $foo = $very_long_expression // "n/a"; > > THAT'S what I was remembering. > > Thanks. Mac OS X Leopard is at 5.8 but I assume someone's found a way to > install and use 5.10 without interfering with what the OS uses. Will have a > look to see if 5.10 offers enough over and above 5.8 to make it > worthwhile.... snip
ActiveState[1] has released ActivePerl 5.10 for OS X[2]. It installs into /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.10 and does not touch the existing install. I use it to test out 5.10 specific stuff. 1. http://www.activestate.com 2. http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/MacOSX/5.10/ActivePerl-5.10.0.1004-darwin-9.4.0-287188.dmg -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
