Perl 7 announced at Perl Conference in the Cloud
Wed, 24-Jun-2020 by
Stuart J Mackintosh
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Ken Power, Vice President of Product Development, cPanel L.L.C. is pleased with the announcement. He commented: *"We’re very excited about the announcement of Perl 7! More than just a new version or a number, it represents a sustainable path forward for the Perl language and community. It represents an opportunity to rejuvenate interest in Perl, to attract new developers, to grow the community, and provide assurance for companies like cPanel that the language can meet the expectations of the modern developer."*
## What about Perl 5?
Perl is an important component of many GNU/Linux and Unix systems, and used in software such as Git, autoconf, and GNU parallels. First released by Larry Wall in 1994, Perl 5 was a major write to the language he invented as a personal work project in 1987. Perl popularized regular expressions, a feature now found in almost every mainstream language, and was instrumental in the advancement of the Web in its early days. Perl releases on a yearly schedule.
The current release is v5.32, shipped in June 2020 which will go into long term support once the new version is released. This support is expected to be tailed off between 2025 and 2030, allowing time for organisations to plan the changes needed to accommodate newer releases. ([What about Perl 6?](https://news.perlfoundation.org/post/tpf-response-raku-rename))
Stuart Mackintosh, President of The Perl Foundation stated: *"On behalf of The Perl Foundation, I want to thank the people who have invested a great deal of time and effort planning this release and the volunteers and companies who have supported and sponsored our work."*
## More information
For more information about this announcement, please contact The Perl Foundation press office at press@perlfoundation.org
Technical discussions are taking place on the Perl IRC channels and around the [Conference in the Cloud](https://perlconference.us/tpc-2020-cloud/) this week. General discussion uses the hashtag [#Perl7](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23perl7).
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