Re: [code-review] Hello!

Dan MacNeil wrote:

>>It'd say anybody who's got anything < 5.6.1 _really_ needs an upgrade.
>>use vars... yuk!
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>I regularly use a tru64 unix system using perl 5.004_03, from back in
>1997, I don't administer the system so I don't have much choice about
>which perl to use.
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>I imagine folks still using VMS are in a similar situation.
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That's fine. But then people with antique versions of Perl don't really 
need _new_ modules such as Tie::Hash::Expire do they?

I understand why modules such as CGI.pm or DBI need to maintain 
backwards compatibility with older Perls, but putting the same legacy 
burden on new modules is just crazy.

Why not ask all new modules to maintain compatibility with Perl 4 while 
you're at it? I'm sure some machines still run it as well :)

Cheers,
Jean-Michel.