>>>>> "Jordan" == Jordan Adler <[email protected]> writes:

Jordan> Perl 5.20.0 was released in May and is considered stable.  In
Jordan> addition to missing out on a number feature enhancements by
Jordan> using 5.8.8, you're also missing out on many optimizations that
Jordan> significantly improve performance, including 5.20's
Jordan> copy-on-write.

Also 5.8.x is past end-of-life, and for distros like FreeBSD, no longer
even available.  That's what got me from 5.8 to 5.16 recently.

-- 
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