On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 08:11  AM, Sherm Pendley wrote:

> On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 08:59 AM, Puneet Kishor wrote:
>
>> Last time I upgraded my stock Apple Perl I got creamed six ways from 
>> sunday.
>
> I would ask, why did you try to upgrade? Was there a particular 
> feature you needed that was present in a newer version of Perl, that 
> 5.6.0 lacks?
>
>

well, I upgraded to 5.6.1... I didn't even go as far as 5.8.0. Why did 
I do it?

- Because I was dumb and stupid.
- Because I thought every thing new would be better.
- Because upgrading was made relatively easy without any apparent 
caveat about uninstalling/rolling back being impossible.

Now I go with the firm conviction that Apple engineers have infinite 
wisdom (iCal performance and bugginess notwithstanding ;-)... but that 
is another story). I will mess with the system only per their schedule, 
or only if my life depends on it.

pk/

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