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Overview
Perl is Open Source software. You can download it for free as a source code or as a pre-compiled binary distribution.
Perl Source Code Distribution
Use the instructions below to download the complete Perl source code distribution via your Web browser. On CPAN, you will find Perl source in the /src directory. The source code is distributed as either a Unix-style tar archive compressed by GNU zip (gz) or as a PC-style ZIP archive. (The only difference is the type of archive; the same source code files are inside the archive.
Once you download the gzip or zip archive, you will have to extract the source code files from the distribution and then follow the instructions on how to compile the source code for your system. If you don't have a compiler, or are unclear about compiling source code, then look first for a binary distribution of Perl.
Stable Production Release
The current version of Perl is 5.8.7. This is a stable, tested release that you should use in production environments.
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