ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.12.0 build 1200,
a complete, ready-to-install binary distribution of Perl 5.12.

Builds for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux are made freely available. Builds
for Solaris, HP-UX and AIX are available with ActivePerl Business
Edition. For detailed information or to download these releases, see:

http://www.activestate.com/activeperl


New in ActivePerl 5.12.0 Build 1200
===================================

* New "package NAME VERSION" syntax
* The "..." operator
* Implicit "use strict"
* Unicode improvements
* Y2038 compliance
* qr// overloading
* Pluggable keywords
* Experimental \N regexp escape

Read an expanded version of this list on our blog:

http://blogs.activestate.com/2010/04/whats-new-in-activeperl -rollout-of-features-from-perl-5-12/

Or read the exhaustive list of changes in the perl5120delta document:

http://docs.activestate.com/activeperl/5.12/lib/pods/perl512 0delta.html

For some background information about the renewed Perl 5 development
efforts you may also want to read:

http://blogs.activestate.com/2010/04/perl-5-is-alive/


Getting Started
===============

Whether you're a first-time user or a long-time fan, our free resources
will help you get the most from ActivePerl.

Mailing list archives:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/Threaded/Active Perl


Supported Platforms
===================

ActivePerl is available for the following platforms:

- Windows/x86 (32-bit)
- Windows/x64 (64-bit) (aka "AMD64")
- Mac OS X
- Linux/x86 (32 bit)
- Linux/x86_64 (64-bit) (aka "AMD64")

- Solaris/SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) (Business Edition only)
- Solaris/x86 (32-bit) (Business Edition only)
- HP-UX/PA-RISC (32-bit) (Business Edition only)
- AIX/PowerPC (32-bit) (Business Edition only)

More information about the Business Edition can be found here:

http://www.activestate.com/business_edition/

Custom builds are available in the Enterprise Edition:

http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/enterprise


Feedback
========

Everyone is encouraged to participate in making Perl an even better
language.

For bugs related to ActiveState use:

http://bugs.activestate.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=ActivePerl &version=1200

For bugs related directly to Perl please use the 'perlbug' utility.

Enjoy!


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On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Jan Dubois wrote:
>
> ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.12.0 build 1200,
> a complete, ready-to-install binary distribution of Perl 5.12.

Oops, forgot to mention 2 things:

* The PPM repositories for ActivePerl 5.12 are currently being built.
Some modules are already there, but it may take another week or so
to attempt to build *all* modules on CPAN for all platforms.

* The Perl Dev Kit does not yet support Perl 5.12. This support will
be added in an upcoming release.

Cheers,
-Jan

Jan Dubois wrote:
> ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.12.0 build 1200,
> a complete, ready-to-install binary distribution of Perl 5.12.

What's currently the most solid platform for Windows ?

I'm still on B820 and probably should catch up to whatever is
the most solid.
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On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Bill Luebkert wrote:
> Jan Dubois wrote:
> > ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.12.0 build 1200, a
> > complete, ready-to-install binary distribution of Perl 5.12.
>
> What's currently the most solid platform for Windows ?

I think right now it is 5.10.1 for all platforms.

> I'm still on B820 and probably should catch up to whatever is the
> most solid.

In that case I would probably wait until 5.12.1 is out and skip 5.10.x
completely. Of course you should still *test* against 5.12.0, because
otherwise you lose the chance to get any regression fixed in 5.12.1,
(in case there are any that affect your code).

Cheers,
-Jan

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Jan Dubois wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Apr 2010, Jan Dubois wrote:
>> ActiveState is pleased to announce ActivePerl 5.12.0 build 1200,
>> a complete, ready-to-install binary distribution of Perl 5.12.
>
> * The Perl Dev Kit does not yet support Perl 5.12. This support will
> be added in an upcoming release.

Doesn't it work at all or are only some features missing?

When do you expect the PDK release?

LG
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