25 Years
of Perl

(In about 25 minutes)

Dave Cross <dave@perlhacks.com>

1987/8

Perl 1.0 (and 2.0) Released!

• Dec-18 1.000
• Jan-30 1.001..10
• Feb-02 1.011..14
• Jun-05 2.000
• Jun-21 2.001

• First JAPH

• Perl

• man perl

1989

Perl 3.0 Released

• Oct-18 3.000
• Nov-11 3.002..4
• Nov-18 3.005
• Dec-22 3.006..8

• comp.lang.perl

• Binary data

1990

Black Perl

• Mar 3.009..18
• Aug 3.019..28
• Oct 3.029..37
• Nov 3.040..41

• Perl poetry

1991

Pink Camel published

• Jan 3.042..044
• Mar 4.000
• Apr 4.001..3
• Jun 4.004..10
• Nov 4.011..19

• Artistic Licence

• Perl 4

• Programming Perl

1992

MacPerl

• Jun 4.020..35

• MacPerl

1993

Pink Llama published

• Feb-05 4.036

• Perl Packrats

• cgi-lib.pl

• Learning Perl

1994

Perl 5 Released

• Oct-17 5.000

• Perl 5 Porters

• Perl 5
• DBI
• CGI

1995

CPAN launched

• Mar-13 5.001

• perl.com
• perl.org
• comp.lang.perl.misc

• CPAN
• Schwartzian Transform
• Matt's Script Archive
• LWP
• DBD::mysql
• RSA encryption/decryption

1996

The Perl Journal

• Feb-29 5.002
• Mar-25 5.002_01
• Jun-25 5.003
• Jul-31 5.003_01
• Aug 5.003_02..03
• Sep 5.003_04..05
• Oct 5.003_06..07
• Nov 5.003_08..10
• Dec 5.003_11..17

• The Perl Journal

• mod_perl
• CPAN shell
• Test::Harness
• Zeroth Annual Obfuscated Perl Contest

• Perl 5 Desktop Reference
• CGI Programming on the World Wide Web
• Programming Perl (2ed)

1997

The Perl Conference

• Jan 5.003_19..23
• Feb 5.003_24..28
• Mar 5.003_90..95
• Apr 5.003_96..98
• May 5.003_99..99a
• May-15 5.004
• Jun-13 5.004_01
• Aug-07 5.004_02
• Sep-05 5.004_03
• Oct-15 5.004_04

• The Perl Conference
• New York Perl Mongers

• purl

• Learning Perl (2ed)
• Advanced Perl Programming
• Learning Perl on Win32 Systems
• CGI Cookbook
• Effective Perl Programming
• Perl Resource Kit

1998

London Perl Mongers

• Jul-22 5.005
• Jul-27 5.005_01
• Aug-08 5.005_02

• The Perl Institute
• London Perl Mongers

• CPAN Testers
• OnePerl
• HTML::Mason
• POE
• XML::Parser

• MacPerl: Power and Ease
• The Perl Cookbook (1ed)
• Perl 5 Pocket Reference (2ed)
• Perl in a Nutshell
• Perl for Dummies (2ed)

1999

First YAPC

• Mar-28 5.005_03
• Apr-29 5.004_05

• TPC becomes OSCON
• First YAPC::NA
• German Perl Workshop
• Perlmonth
• White Camel Awards
• Yet Another Society
• Rhizomatic (irc.perl.org)

• Template Toolkit
• Class::DBI
• Perl Power Tools
• Perl Golf

• Learning Perl/Tk
• Programming Web Graphics with Perl & Gnu Software
• Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C
• Object Oriented Perl
• Mastering Algorithms with Perl
• Perl CD Bookshelf
• Elements of Programming with Perl
• Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours
• Perl and CGI for the World Wide Wed (1ed)

2000

Coffee Cups

• Mar-22 5.6.0

• First YAPC::EU
• Perl Monks
• First Perl Whirl
• Perl Advent Calendar

• Perl 6 (announced)
• Testing Revolution
• ActivePerl
• Symbol::Approx::Sub

• Programming the Perl DBI
• Perl 5 Pocket Reference (3ed)
• Perl for System Administration (1ed)
• CGI Programming with Perl (2ed)
• CGI Programming 101 (1ed)
• Beginning Perl (1ed)
• Programming Perl (3ed)
• Debugging Perl
• Perl for Dummies (3ed)
• The mod_perl Pocket Reference

2001

Damian Conway works for us

• Apr-08 5.6.1

• use.perl.org launched
• Perl Monks and Perl Mongers join YAS
• YAS forms The Perl Foundation
• YAPC Auctions
• Parrot (April Fool)

• Acme::*
• Parrot
• Test::Builder
• Movable Type

• Network Programming with Perl
• Data Munging with Perl
• Perl: The Complete Reference
• Perl CD Bookshelf Version 2.0
• Professional Perl Programming
• Instant Perl Modules
• Writing CGI Applications with Perl
• Perl Debugged
• Professional Perl Development
• Instant CGI/Perl
• Perl and CGI for the World Wide Wed (2ed)
• Learning Perl (3ed)
• Perl Developer's Dictionary
• Perl for the Web
• MySQL and Perl for the Web
• Perl for Web Site Management
• Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics
• Core Perl

2002

nms

• Jul-18 5.8.0
• Dec-18 1.0.15

• nms
• The Perl Review

• CPANPLUS
• WWW::Mechanize

• mod_perl Developer's Cookbook
• Modern Perl Programming
• Web Development with Apache and Perl
• Perl and XML
• Perl in a Nutshell (2ed)
• Graphics Programming with Perl
• Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days (2ed)
• Perl Pocket Reference (4ed)
• Perl & LWP
• Perl Black Book
• Perl for C Programmers
• Extending and Embedding Perl
• Writing Perl Modules for CPAN
• Perl for Oracle DBAs
• Teach Yourself CGI in 24 Hours (2ed)
• Embedding Perl in HTML with Mason
• XML and Perl
• The Perl CD Bookshelf Version 3.0
• Best of the Perl Journal: Computer Science and Perl Programming
• Programming Web Services with Perl
• Perl Graphics Programming

2003

Perl On New Internal Engine

• Sep-25 5.8.1
• Nov-04 5.8.2
• Nov-15 5.6.2
• Dec-18 1.0.16

• PONIE
• A Conference Toolkit

• Email::Simple
• DateTime

• Best of the Perl Journal: Web Graphics & Perl/Tk
• Perl for Dummies (4ed)
• Practical mod_perl
• Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics
• Learning Perl Objects, References and Modules
• Perl 6 Essentials
• Perl Cookbook (2ed)
• Perl in Easy Steps
• Perl Template Toolkit

2004

Catalyst

• Jan-14 5.8.3
• Feb-23 5.005_04
• Apr-21 5.8.4
• Jul-19 5.8.5
• Nov-27 5.8.6

• Catalyst community

• Maypole
• Catalyst

• Perl Debugger Pocket Reference
• CGI Programming 101 (2ed)
• Perl Medic
• The Perl CD Bookshelf Version 4.0
• Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials (2ed)
• Best of the Perl Journal: Games, Diversions & Perl Culture
• Beginning Perl (2ed)
• Randal Schwartz's Perls of Wisdom

2005

DBIx::Class

• May-30 5.8.7

• Google Summer of Code
• Planet Perl
• Perl Mongers Census

• DBIx::Class
• Pugs

• Pro Perl
• Higher Order Perl
• Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours (3ed)
• Advanced Perl Programming (2ed)
• Perl Best Practices
• Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook
• Learning Perl (4ed)

2006

Moose

• Jan-31 5.8.8

• Moose
• Plagger

• Beginning Perl Web Development
• Perl Hacks
• Minimal Perl

2007

Strawberry Perl

• Dec-18 5.10.0

• Perl Buzz
• $foo Magazin

• Strawberry Perl

• Mastering Perl
• mod_perl 2 Users' Guide
• Perl by Example (4ed)
• Catalyst

2008

Marketing

• Dec-14 5.8.9

• QA Hackathon
• Copenhagen Marketing BOF
• Enlightened Perl Organisation

• Test Anything Protocol
• Dist::Zilla
• Mojolicious

• Learning Perl (5ed)
• Professional Perl and MySQL

2009

PSGI

• Aug-22 5.10.1

• Send-a-Newbie
• Iron Man
• blogs.perl.org
• New perl.org

• PSGI/Plack
• Dancer

• Automating System Administration with Perl
• Definitive Guide to Catalyst

2010

Rakudo *

• Apr-12 5.12.0
• May-16 5.12.1
• Sep-06 5.12.2

• Annual release cycle

• Rakudo *
• App::cpanminus
• metacpan

• Catalyst 5.8: The Perl MVC Framework
• Effective Perl Programming (2ed)
• Beginning Perl (3ed)

2011

Money!

• Jan-21 5.12.3
• May-14 5.14.0
• Jun-16 5.14.1
• Jun-20 5.12.4
• Sep-26 5.14.2

• Perl Weekly
• Perl News
• New perl.com
• TPF Perl Core Maintenance Fund

• Carton

• Learning Perl (6ed)
• Perl 5 Pocket Reference (5ed)
• Modern Perl (2ed)

2012

New Camel

• May-20 5.16.0
• Aug-08 5.16.1
• Oct-12 5.14.3
• Nov-01 5.16.2
• Nov-10 5.12.5

• Community Summit

• ????

• Intermediate Perl (2ed)
• Programming Perl (4ed)
• Beginning Perl