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diff --git a/pod/perlhist.pod b/pod/perlhist.pod index 9113ed90a4..163fe03984 100644 --- a/pod/perlhist.pod +++ b/pod/perlhist.pod @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ perlhist - the Perl history records =for RCS # -# $Id: perlhist.pod,v 1.27 1998/01/16 19:50:20 jhi Exp $ +# $Id: perlhist.pod,v 1.29 1998/02/19 15:49:17 jhi Exp $ # =end RCS @@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ This document aims to record the Perl source code releases. Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall: - Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates. - Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to - /(...|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\) + Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates. + Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to + /(...|...)/. \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\) Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package. Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls). Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book. Really. We mostly just - switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000. + switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000. Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to - introduce everything else. + introduce everything else. =head1 THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN @@ -65,19 +65,19 @@ the pumpking or the pumpkineer. for details) =========================================================================== - Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask. + Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask. Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18 - + 1.001..10 1988-Jan-30 1.011..14 1988-Feb-02 - + Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05 - + 2.001 1988-Jun-28 - + Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18 - + 3.001 1989-Oct-26 3.002..4 1989-Nov-11 3.005 1989-Nov-18 @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ the pumpking or the pumpkineer. 3.014 1990-Mar-13 3.015 1990-Mar-14 3.016..18 1990-Mar-28 - 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs. + 3.019..27 1990-Aug-10 User subs. 3.028 1990-Aug-14 3.029..36 1990-Oct-17 3.037 1990-Oct-20 @@ -94,19 +94,19 @@ the pumpking or the pumpkineer. 3.041 1990-Nov-13 3.042..43 1990-Jan-91 3.044 1991-Jan-12 - + Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21 - + 4.001..3 1991-Apr-12 4.004..9 1991-Jun-07 4.010 1991-Jun-10 4.011..18 1991-Nov-05 - 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable. + 4.019 1991-Nov-11 Stable. 4.020..33 1992-Jun-08 4.034 1992-Jun-11 4.035 1992-Jun-23 - Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable. - + Larry 4.036 1993-Feb-05 Very stable. + 5.000alpha1 1993-Jul-31 5.000alpha2 1993-Aug-16 5.000alpha3 1993-Oct-10 @@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ the pumpking or the pumpkineer. 5.000alpha6 1993-Mar-18 5.003alpha7 1994-Mar-25 Andy 5.000alpha8 1994-Apr-04 - Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 + Larry 5.000alpha9 1994-May-05 ext appears. 5.000alpha10 1994-???-?? 5.000alpha11 1994-???-?? - Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14. + Andy 5.000a11a 1994-Jul-07 To fit 14. 5.000a11b 1994-Jul-14 5.000a11c 1994-Jul-19 5.000a11d 1994-Jul-22 @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ the pumpking or the pumpkineer. 5.000a12h 1994-Aug-24 Larry 5.000beta1 1994-???-?? Andy 5.000b1a 1994-???-?? - Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified. + Larry 5.000beta2 1994-Sep-14 Core slushified. Andy 5.000b2a 1994-Sep-14 5.000b2b 1994-Sep-17 5.000b2c 1994-Sep-17 @@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ the pumpking or the pumpkineer. 5.000b3f 1994-Sep-30 5.000b3g 1994-Oct-04 Andy 5.000b3h 1994-Oct-07 - + Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-18 - + Andy 5.000a 1994-Dec-19 5.000b 1995-Jan-18 5.000c 1995-Jan-18 @@ -163,23 +163,23 @@ the pumpking or the pumpkineer. 5.000l 1995-Feb-21 5.000m 1995-???-?? 5.000n 1995-Mar-07 - + Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13 - + Andy 5.001a 1995-Mar-15 5.001b 1995-Mar-31 5.001c 1995-Apr-07 5.001d 1995-Apr-14 - 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable. + 5.001e 1995-Apr-18 Stable. 5.001f 1995-May-31 5.001g 1995-May-25 5.001h 1995-May-25 5.001i 1995-May-30 5.001j 1995-Jun-05 5.001k 1995-Jun-06 - 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable. - 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable. - 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable. + 5.001l 1995-Jun-06 Stable. + 5.001m 1995-Jul-02 Very stable. + 5.001n 1995-Oct-31 Very unstable. 5.002beta1 1995-Nov-21 5.002b1a 1995-Nov-?? 5.002b1b 1995-Dec-04 @@ -187,19 +187,19 @@ the pumpking or the pumpkineer. 5.002b1d 1995-Dec-04 5.002b1e 1995-Dec-08 5.002b1f 1995-Dec-08 - Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release. + Tom 5.002b1g 1995-Dec-21 Doc release. Andy 5.002b1h 1996-Jan-05 - 5.002b2 1996-Jan-14 - Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02 + 5.002b2 1996-Jan-14 + Larry 5.002b3 1996-Feb-02 Andy 5.002gamma 1996-Feb-11 Larry 5.002delta 1996-Feb-27 - + Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 - + Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25 - - 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release. - + + 5.003 1996-Jun-25 Security release. + 5.003_01 1996-Jul-31 Nick 5.003_02 1996-Aug-10 Andy 5.003_03 1996-Aug-28 @@ -228,14 +228,14 @@ the pumpking or the pumpkineer. 5.003_26 1997-Feb-10 5.003_27 1997-Feb-18 5.003_28 1997-Feb-21 - 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release. + 5.003_90 1997-Feb-25 Ramping up to the 5.004 release. 5.003_91 1997-Mar-01 5.003_92 1997-Mar-06 5.003_93 1997-Mar-10 5.003_94 1997-Mar-22 5.003_95 1997-Mar-25 5.003_96 1997-Apr-01 - 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used. + 5.003_97 1997-Apr-03 Fairly widely used. 5.003_97a 1997-Apr-05 5.003_97b 1997-Apr-08 5.003_97c 1997-Apr-10 @@ -249,23 +249,26 @@ the pumpking or the pumpkineer. 5.003_98 1997-Apr-30 5.003_99 1997-May-01 5.003_99a 1997-May-09 - p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates. - p54rc2 1997-May-14 - - Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release. - - Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 The 5.004 maintenance track. + p54rc1 1997-May-12 Release Candidates. + p54rc2 1997-May-14 + + Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release. + + Tim 5.004_01 1997-Jun-13 The 5.004 maintenance track. 5.004_02 1997-Aug-07 5.004_03 1997-Sep-05 5.004_04 1997-Oct-15 - - Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track. + + Malcolm 5.004_50 1997-Sep-09 The 5.005 development track. 5.004_51 1997-Oct-02 5.004_52 1997-Oct-15 5.004_53 1997-Oct-16 5.004_54 1997-Nov-14 5.004_55 1997-Nov-25 5.004_56 1997-Dec-18 + 5.004_57 1998-Feb-03 + 5.004_58 1998-Feb-06 + 5.004_59 1998-Feb-13 =head2 SELECTED RELEASE SIZES @@ -273,44 +276,45 @@ For example the notation "core: 212 29" in the release 1.000 means that it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The "core".."doc" are explained below. - release core lib ext t doc + release core lib ext t doc ====================================================================== - 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3 - 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4 - 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4 - 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4 - 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5 - 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6 - 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4 - 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4 - 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5 - 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5 - 5.000a3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5 - 5.000a9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6 + 1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3 + 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4 + 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4 + 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4 + 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5 + 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6 + 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4 + 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4 + 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5 + 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5 + 5.000a3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5 + 5.000a9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9 5.000beta3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21 - 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62 - 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29 - 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35 - 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35 - 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39 - 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55 - 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55 - 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55 - 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56 - 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56 - 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57 + 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62 + 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29 + 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35 + 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35 + 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39 + 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55 + 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55 + 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55 + 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56 + 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56 + 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57 + 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58 The "core"..."doc" mean the following files from the Perl source code distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means regular files. - core *.[hcy] - lib lib/**/*.p[ml] - ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} - t t/**/*(.) - doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod} + core *.[hcy] + lib lib/**/*.p[ml] + ext ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm} + t t/**/*(.) + doc {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod} Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases. @@ -318,8 +322,8 @@ the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases. ====================================================================== Legend: kB # - 1.014 2.001 3.044 4.000 4.019 4.036 - + 1.014 2.001 3.044 4.000 4.019 4.036 + atarist - - - - - - - - - - 113 31 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1 73 1 83 1 86 1 eg - - 34 28 47 39 47 39 47 39 47 39 @@ -333,8 +337,8 @@ the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases. ====================================================================== - 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m 5.002 5.003 - + 5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000 5.001m 5.002 5.003 + atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - - - - - - bench - - 0 1 - - - - - - - - - - Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - - - - - - @@ -356,22 +360,22 @@ the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases. ====================================================================== - 5.003_07 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_56 - - Configure 217 1 225 1 225 1 232 1 + 5.003_07 5.004 5.004_04 5.004_59 + + Configure 217 1 225 1 225 1 240 1 cygwin32 - - 23 5 23 5 23 5 djgpp - - - - - - 15 5 eg 54 44 81 62 81 62 81 62 emacs 143 1 194 1 204 1 212 2 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 - hints 90 62 129 69 132 71 138 72 + hints 90 62 129 69 132 71 139 72 os2 117 42 121 42 127 42 134 44 plan9 79 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 Porting 51 1 94 2 109 4 109 4 qnx - - 1 2 1 2 1 2 - utils 97 7 112 8 118 8 118 8 - vms 505 27 518 34 524 34 538 34 - win32 - - 285 33 378 36 449 38 + utils 97 7 112 8 118 8 123 8 + vms 505 27 518 34 524 34 536 34 + win32 - - 285 33 378 36 464 39 x2p 280 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 =head2 SELECTED PATCH SIZES |