According to Michael Stone: > The only thing [new in Perl 5.005] I've heard so far is threading, > which AFAIK is too unstable to be in stable.
Agreed about threading. But the list of New Stuff also includes: * References as thrown exceptions ('die $object', '[EMAIL PROTECTED]>method') * Pseudo-hashes (fast hash-like behavior from arrays) * Closely related to the above: 'use fields' pragma * Significantly smarter regexes and the qr// quoting mechanism * Global keyword overriding with CORE::GLOBAL::keyword * Tied arrays are complete; tied handles are more complete * $/ can be used for fixed-length records ('$/ = \80') And some guts things: * More robust embedding support (for e.g. mod_perl) * Numerous core dump bugs fixed, largely through the internal feature known as "stack of stacks" Don't get me wrong; as the father (or at least midwife) of Perl 5.004, I think it's a great program. But 5.005 has much to recommend it, too. -- Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "When do you work?" "Whenever I'm not busy."