Re: The end of 5.6 is nigh!

2011-11-16 Thread Reini Urban
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Rocco Caputo wrote: > On Nov 13, 2011, at 11:43, Zefram wrote:> >> Reini Urban wrote: >>> 5.6.2 still is the fastest perl around. >> Evidently it's important to you to get the wrong answer as quickly >> as possible.  (Advice from Klortho #11912.) > > 4.036 would g

Re: The end of 5.6 is nigh!

2011-11-16 Thread Rocco Caputo
On Nov 13, 2011, at 11:43, Zefram wrote: > Reini Urban wrote: >> 5.6.2 still is the fastest perl around. > > Evidently it's important to you to get the wrong answer as quickly > as possible. (Advice from Klortho #11912.) 4.036 would get you a wronger answer even faster! -- Rocco Caputo

Re: The end of 5.6 is nigh!

2011-11-16 Thread Reini Urban
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Rocco Caputo wrote: > On Nov 13, 2011, at 11:43, Zefram wrote:> >> Reini Urban wrote: >>> 5.6.2 still is the fastest perl around. >> Evidently it's important to you to get the wrong answer as quickly >> as possible.  (Advice from Klortho #11912.) > > 4.036 would g

Re: The end of 5.6 is nigh!

2011-11-13 Thread Zefram
Reini Urban wrote: >5.6.2 still is the fastest perl around. Evidently it's important to you to get the wrong answer as quickly as possible. (Advice from Klortho #11912.) -zefram

Re: The end of 5.6 is nigh!

2011-11-13 Thread Michael G Schwern
On 2011.11.13 8:39 AM, Reini Urban wrote: > I've come around your hammering lately and had this idea: > > Cannot CPAN add logic to avoid downloading your new versions on older > releases? Yes, but it is non-trivial. It would requiring creating a new index which supplies modules and versions for

Re: The end of 5.6 is nigh!

2011-11-13 Thread Reini Urban
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Michael G Schwern wrote: > It's that time again!  Time when I hammer the last few nails in the coffin of > a version of Perl. > > By which I mean, the next major release of Test::More (aka Test::Builder1.5) > will support 5.8.1 and up.  ExtUtils::MakeMaker will pro

Re: The end of 5.6 is nigh!

2011-11-12 Thread David Golden
On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Michael G Schwern wrote: > By which I mean, the next major release of Test::More (aka Test::Builder1.5) > will support 5.8.1 and up.  ExtUtils::MakeMaker will probably go that way, > too.  This effectively cuts off most of CPAN from 5.8.0 and down.  This will > hap

The end of 5.6 is nigh!

2011-11-12 Thread Michael G Schwern
It's that time again! Time when I hammer the last few nails in the coffin of a version of Perl. By which I mean, the next major release of Test::More (aka Test::Builder1.5) will support 5.8.1 and up. ExtUtils::MakeMaker will probably go that way, too. This effectively cuts off most of CPAN from