“This is a source code release, not a binary release. You will
need a C development environment.“Please note that Perl 5.8.0 is a major new release of Perl
containing many new features, enhancements to existing features and
bug fixes. This version is ‘Release Candidate 1’; the purpose of
this version is to permit and encourage the Perl community to
conduct extensive testing and to report problems so that we, and
the owners of affected Perl packages, have an opportunity to
correct them.“Because the process of testing the vast quantity of Perl
software will take time, and because issues uncovered by this
testing may result in further changes or corrections to Perl 5.8.0
and the various Perl packages, WE DO NOT RECOMMEND USING RELEASE
CANDIDATE 1 IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT…”
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