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Which version of Perl should I use?

You should definitely use version 5. Version 4 is old, limited, and no longer maintained; its last patch (4.036) was in 1992. The most recent production release is 5.004. Further references to the Perl language in this document refer to this production release unless otherwise specified. There may be one or more official bug fixes for 5.004 by the time you read this, and also perhaps some experimental versions on the way to the next release.

Source: Perl FAQ: General Questions About Perl
Copyright: Copyright (c) 1997 Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington.

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