Perl 5.14 Improves IPv6, Unicode | Linux Today

Perl 5.14 Improves IPv6, Unicode

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 18, 2011

“The new release provides improved Unicode support and expands
IPv6 capabilities. While Perl 5.14 is now generally available, the
release follows 12 incremental releases in the development
tree.

“Perl 5.14 also makes network facing improvements with enhanced
IPv6 support. The IPv6 enhancements are primarily to Socket.pm, a
core module for network communication, which used to be IPv4
only.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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