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3NEWSGROUPS (REGULAR)
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5Subject:   ANNOUNCE: ePerl 2.2.0 (Embedded Perl 5 Language)
6Newsgroup: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,
7           comp.lang.perl.misc,
8           de.comp.lang.perl,
9           sdm.announce
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11NEWSGROUPS (MODERATED)
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13Subject:   SOFTWARE: ePerl 2.2.0 (Embedded Perl 5 Language)
14To:        www-announce@boutell.com
15Subject:   ePerl 2.2.0 (Embedded Perl 5 Language)
16To:        linux-announce@news.ornl.gov
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18MAILING-LISTS
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20Subject:   ANNOUNCE: ePerl 2.2.0 (Embedded Perl 5 Language)
21To:        new-httpd@hyperreal.com,
22           perl5-porters@perl.org
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24
25  After a long 2.2 beta cycle I'm proud to release...
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28   / _ \ |_) / _ \ '__| |
29  |  __/  __/  __/ |  | |
30   \___|_|   \___|_|  |_|
31
32  ePerl -- Embedded Perl 5 Language
33
34  <URL:http://www.engelschall.com/sw/eperl/>
35
36  Version 2.2.0 (18-07-1997)
37
38  ePerl interprets an ASCII file bristled with Perl 5 program statements by
39  evaluating the Perl 5 code while passing through the plain ASCII data. It
40  can operate in various ways: As a stand-alone Unix filter or integrated Perl
41  5 module for general file generation tasks and as a powerful Webserver
42  scripting language for dynamic HTML page programming.
43
44  Copyright (c) 1996-1997 Ralf S. Engelschall, All rights reserved.
45
46  Summary of Program
47  ==================
48
49  o  Implementation:   - ANSI C
50  o  Min Requirements: - underlaying Unix derivate
51                       - ANSI C compiler
52                       - already installed Perl 5.004 (full functionality)
53                         or at least 5.003+EMBED (minimum functionality)
54  o  Distribution:     - freely available
55                       - no charge
56                       - GNU General Public License or Artistic License
57  o  Status:           - Genesis: March 1996
58                       - First major release: March 1996 (1.0)
59                       - Last  major release: April 1997 (2.1)
60                       - stable
61
62  Major Changes from Version 2.1 to 2.2
63  =====================================
64
65  o  Changed Quotation/Delimiter Parsing
66  o  Smarter and Optimized Parser
67  o  Support for '=' block prefix
68  o  HTML entity conversion inside ePerl blocks
69  o  Perl Taint and Warning modes now available
70  o  New ePerl Preprocessor
71  o  New option -I for include path
72  o  New Perl 5 interface module for ePerl parser: Parse::ePerl
73  o  New ePerl emulation handler for Apache+mod_perl: Apache::ePerl
74  o  New option -h for consistency ;-)
75  o  First attempt to write a converter from (X)SSI to ePerl
76  o  Built-in GIF images
77  o  Enhanced portability
78  o  Compiles and runs out-of-the-box on major Unix derivates.
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