Perl 5.44.0 is now available

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  Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this
would set them free.
  But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.

    -- Frank Herbert - Dune

We are delighted to announce version 5.44.0,
the first production release of version 5.44 of Perl.

You will soon be able to download Perl 5.44.0 from your
favorite CPAN mirror or find it at:

https://metacpan.org/release/LEONT/perl-5.44.0/

SHA256 digests for this release are:

 3b855066b92491cb40e86affb1ca57d1a388aa43e51b91c7806a32c2f65f96c3
perl-5.44.0.tar.gz
 505cf43912e9480495c344c70260452e32aa2a73c546a026b3f100053b23ce91
perl-5.44.0.tar.xz

You can find a full list of changes in the file "perldelta.pod" located in
the "pod" directory inside the release and on the web at

https://metacpan.org/release/LEONT/perl-5.44.0/view/pod/perldelta.pod

Perl 5.44.0 represents approximately 12 months of development since Perl
5.42.0 and contains approximately 270,000 lines of changes across 1,300
files from 71 authors.

Excluding auto-generated files, documentation and release tools, there were
approximately 110,000 lines of changes to 860 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.

Perl continues to flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant
community of users and developers. The following people are known to have
contributed the improvements that became Perl 5.44.0:

Alexander Karelas, Aristotle Pagaltzis, Arne Johannessen, Bartosz Jarzyna,
Branislav Zahradn=C3=ADk, brian d foy, Chad Granum, Chris 'BinGOs' Williams=
,
Chris Prather, Christian Hansen, Craig A. Berry, Dagfinn Ilmari Manns=C3=A5=
ker,
Dan Book, Dan Church, Daniel Dragan, Daniel La=C3=BCgt, Daniel Tang, Dan Ko=
gai,
Dave Cross, David Mitchell, Dmitrii Kuvaiskii, E. Choroba, Ed J, Elvin
Aslanov, Eric Herman, Eugen Konkov, Graham Knop, Harald J=C3=B6rg, H.Merijn
Brand, Igor Todorovski, James Cook, James E Keenan, James Raspass, J=C3=B6r=
g
Thomas, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Leon Timmermans, Lukas Mai, Marc
Reisner, Masahiro Iuchi, Matthew Horsfall, Maxim Vuets, Max Maischein,
Nicolas R, Olaf Alders, Paul Evans, Paul Marquess, Peter John Acklam,
Philippe Bruhat (BooK), Ricardo Signes, Richard Leach, Robert Rothenberg,
Ryan Carsten Schmidt, Samuel Smith, Samuel Young, Scott Baker, Sevan
Janiyan, Shirakata Kentaro, Sisyphus, Stan Ulbrych, Stefan Adams, =C5=A0t=
=C4=9Bp=C3=A1n
N=C4=9Bmec, Steve Hay, TAKAI Kousuke, Thibault Duponchelle, Toby Inkster, T=
omasz
Konojacki, Tom Wyant, Tony Cook, Unicode Consortium, Yitzchak
Scott-Thoennes.

The list above is almost certainly incomplete as it is automatically
generated from version control history. In particular, it does not include
the names of the (very much appreciated) contributors who reported issues t=
o
the Perl bug tracker.

Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN modules
included in Perl's core. We're grateful to the entire CPAN community for
helping Perl to flourish.

For a more complete list of all of Perl's historical contributors, please
see the F<AUTHORS> file in the Perl source distribution.

Support for the 5.40.x release series has now ended.
Please refer to L<perlpolicy> for version support information.

We expect to release version 5.45.1 in the following weeks.
The next major stable release of Perl should appear in the first half of
2027.

Cheers

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elta.pod</a><br><br>Perl 5.44.0 represents approximately 12 months of devel=
opment since Perl<br>5.42.0 and contains approximately 270,000 lines of cha=
nges across 1,300<br>files from 71 authors.<br><br>Excluding auto-generated=
 files, documentation and release tools, there were<br>approximately 110,00=
0 lines of changes to 860 .pm, .t, .c and .h files.<br><br>Perl continues t=
o flourish into its fourth decade thanks to a vibrant<br>community of users=
 and developers. The following people are known to have<br>contributed the =
improvements that became Perl 5.44.0:<br><br>Alexander Karelas, Aristotle P=
agaltzis, Arne Johannessen, Bartosz Jarzyna,<br>Branislav Zahradn=C3=ADk, b=
rian d foy, Chad Granum, Chris &#39;BinGOs&#39; Williams,<br>Chris Prather,=
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ok, Dan Church, Daniel Dragan, Daniel La=C3=BCgt, Daniel Tang, Dan Kogai,<b=
r>Dave Cross, David Mitchell, Dmitrii Kuvaiskii, E. Choroba, Ed J, Elvin<br=
>Aslanov, Eric Herman, Eugen Konkov, Graham Knop, Harald J=C3=B6rg, H.Merij=
n<br>Brand, Igor Todorovski, James Cook, James E Keenan, James Raspass, J=
=C3=B6rg<br>Thomas, Karen Etheridge, Karl Williamson, Leon Timmermans, Luka=
s Mai, Marc<br>Reisner, Masahiro Iuchi, Matthew Horsfall, Maxim Vuets, Max =
Maischein,<br>Nicolas R, Olaf Alders, Paul Evans, Paul Marquess, Peter John=
 Acklam,<br>Philippe Bruhat (BooK), Ricardo Signes, Richard Leach, Robert R=
othenberg,<br>Ryan Carsten Schmidt, Samuel Smith, Samuel Young, Scott Baker=
, Sevan<br>Janiyan, Shirakata Kentaro, Sisyphus, Stan Ulbrych, Stefan Adams=
, =C5=A0t=C4=9Bp=C3=A1n<br>N=C4=9Bmec, Steve Hay, TAKAI Kousuke, Thibault D=
uponchelle, Toby Inkster, Tomasz<br>Konojacki, Tom Wyant, Tony Cook, Unicod=
e Consortium, Yitzchak<br>Scott-Thoennes.<br><br>The list above is almost c=
ertainly incomplete as it is automatically<br>generated from version contro=
l history. In particular, it does not include<br>the names of the (very muc=
h appreciated) contributors who reported issues to<br>the Perl bug tracker.=
<br><br>Many of the changes included in this version originated in the CPAN=
 modules<br>included in Perl&#39;s core. We&#39;re grateful to the entire C=
PAN community for<br>helping Perl to flourish.<br><br>For a more complete l=
ist of all of Perl&#39;s historical contributors, please<br>see the F&lt;AU=
THORS&gt; file in the Perl source distribution.<br><br>Support for the 5.40=
.x release series has now ended.<br>Please refer to L&lt;perlpolicy&gt; for=
 version support information.<br><br>We expect to release version 5.45.1 in=
 the following weeks.<br>The next major stable release of Perl should appea=
r in the first half of 2027.<br><br>Cheers<br><br></div>

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