ActiveState Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Perl with Release of 
ActivePerl 5.10.0 Build 1001

Vancouver, BC, December 18, 2007� ActiveState, the leading provider of 
tools and services for dynamic languages, is pleased to announce the 
release of ActivePerl 5.10.0 Build 1001, the complete, ready-to-install 
Perl distribution for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, and AIX. Today 
also marks the 20th Anniversary of Perl, introduced on December 18, 
1987, by Larry Wall.

Millions of developers worldwide rely on ActivePerl. Complete and 
ready-to-install, the free ActivePerl distribution includes core Perl, 
popular modules, the Perl Package Manager (PPM), and complete 
documentation. The ActivePerl 5.10.0 Build 1001 is available now.

�We have been looking forward to this release of ActivePerl 5.10.0 for 
some time, and with the 20th Anniversary of Perl, the timing couldn't be 
better�, says Jan Dubois, Senior Perl Developer at ActiveState �There 
are so many new features like the new switch statement and the regexp 
enhancement, and Beta feedback from the ActiveState Perl community has 
been really positive�.

An exciting new feature of ActivePerl 5.10.0 Build 1001 is the new 
smart-matching operator, which compares two expressions with each other. 
This provides much more concise syntax for many matching operations. It 
also helps writing polymorphic functions working on many different 
argument types.

Also included in this release is the new switch statement that will 
smart-match a single expression repeatedly against a list of other 
expression until one matches. The switch statement allows the programmer 
to write complicated decision tree logic in a straight forward manner.

ActivePerl 5.10 is available now for free download at 
www.ActiveState.com/store/activeperl. For a full description of the new 
features, visit www.ActiveState.com/activeperl.

�Wow, this is exactly what I've been waiting for this whole year!� says 
a Perl developer on the ActiveState Programmer Network (www.aspn.com).

About ActivePerl
ActivePerl is the industry-standard Perl distribution, by ActiveState, 
available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX. 
Developers worldwide rely on ActivePerl's completeness and ease-of-use, 
while corporate users protect their infrastructure and stay competitive 
with quality-assured ActivePerl business solutions. For more 
information, visit www.ActiveState.com/activeperl

About ActiveState
ActiveState creates professional software development tools, programming 
language distributions and business solutions for dynamic languages, and 
practical tools and applications for social networking platforms. 
ActiveState solves complex problems and produces cool and useful 
applications that help people live more productive and enjoyable lives. 
ActiveState technology "just works." ActiveState is owned by its 
employees and Pender Financial Group, a publicly traded investment 
company focused on technology in British Columbia. For more information, 
visit www.ActiveState.com.

Contact Information
For media inquiries or access to the ActiveState Media Center, contact:
Kendra Penrose
Languages Marketing Lead, ActiveState
1.778.786.1134
KendraP@[...].com

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