Check out the Perl version in Ubuntu9.04.

Perl was popular seven or eight years ago, known as the Swiss Army knife. It is also a favorite of Regular Expression enthusiasts, system managers, and Web developers, but the current development trend is declining, and the release of Perl6 will always be "the next Christmas ". However, Perl is still the magic wand on Hackers & amp; Geekers ". Some surveys and analyses are very interesting. Authenticity is ignored: the Development Trend of Perl is declining and fewer people are using it, but the popularity of Perl is the highest! This is true

Perl was popular seven or eight years ago, known as the Swiss Army knife. It is also a favorite of Regular Expression enthusiasts, system managers, and Web developers, but the current development trend is declining, and the release of Perl 6 will always be "the next Christmas ".
However, Perl is still the magic wand on Hackers & Geekers ".

Some surveys and analyses are very interesting. Authenticity is ignored: the Development Trend of Perl is declining and fewer people are using it, but the popularity of Perl is the highest! This is really interesting. It can be seen that Perl is still a noble nobility and one of Hackers's symbolic weapons!

What is the Perl version that comes with Ubuntu 9.04? With this idea, let's take a look:

Xxx @ ubuntu :~ $ Perl-version
This is perl, v5.10.0 built for i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi
Copyright 1987-2007, Larry Wall
Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, shocould be found on
This system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.

Remember, Perl 5.10 is also an important release of Perl!