Re: perlfaq1: "Which version of Perl should I use?" and "What are perl4, perl5, or perl6?"

[email protected] (_brian_d_foy) Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:17:11 -0600
Newsgroups perl.perlfaq.workers,perl.documentation
Message-ID <310120050917117969%[email protected]>
In article <[email protected]>, Robert Spier
<[email protected]> wrote:

> > +Versions prior to perl5.004 had serious problems with 
> > +buffer overflows, and in some cases have CERT advisories.

> If someone is asking the question "what version of perl" - they may
> not know what a buffer overflow or CERT advisory is.  Can the words
> "security problem" or "security hole" be worked in?

I can work those in, although maybe I should add "How can I learn
things I don't know by using Google?" to the faq :)

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brian d foy, [email protected]