* jrod...@hate.spamportal.net [2008-01-15T09:43:56] > > ~$ perl -v > > This is perl, v5.10.0 built for darwin-2level > > > > ~$ perl -V > > Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0) configuration: > > > > ~$ perl -E 'say $]' > > 5.010000 > > So as a general class, perl is indefensible. Thanks for clarifying.
No, see, the decision to say that versions are numbers compared with <=>, but simultaneously to support the x.y.z system that magically works but only if .z is present without any sort of marker saying "this is a version number that is compared to other forms of versions with these known semantics" is a great idea. Seriously. Perl versions have always been in two forms. We have never been at war with common sense. No one is screaming. Resume the lima bean harvest. -- rjbs
