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            "content": "How often are new versions of Perl released?\nRecently, the plan has been to release a new version of Perl roughly\nevery April, but getting the release right is more important than\nsticking rigidly to a calendar date, so the release date is somewhat\nflexible. The historical release dates can be viewed at\n<http://www.cpan.org/src/README.html>.\n\nEven numbered minor versions (5.14, 5.16, 5.18) are production versions,\nand odd numbered minor versions (5.15, 5.17, 5.19) are development\nversions. Unless you want to try out an experimental feature, you\nprobably never want to install a development version of Perl.\n\nThe Perl development team are called Perl 5 Porters, and their\norganization is described at <http://perldoc.perl.org/perlpolicy.html>.\nThe organizational rules really just boil down to one: Larry is always\nright, even when he was wrong.\n",
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