HP-UX 11i Version 2 Release Notes (October 2003)

Libraries and Programming
Perl
Chapter 9
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Impact
There are no impacts.
Compatibility
There are no compatibility issues.
Performance
There are no performance changes.
Documentation
The elfdump manpage, elfdump (1), has been updated to include the new option.
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
Perl
Perl is a high-level programming language created and enhanced by the Open Source
community. Perl takes the best features from other languages, such as C, awk, sed, sh,
and BASIC, among others and at least a dozen other tools and languages.
Summary of Change
This build corresponds to the Perl 5.8.0 source code release. The following changes have
been made:
• Better Unicode support
• New IO implementation
• New thread implementation
• Better numeric accuracy
•Safe signals
• Many new modules
• More extensive regression testing
Significant changes that have occurred in the 5.8.0 release are documented in
perldelta. This document can be viewed by typing man perldelta.
Impact
There are no impacts.