| perlhist - the Perl history records | 
perlhist - the Perl history records
This document aims to record the Perl source code releases.
Perl history in brief, by Larry Wall:
    Perl 0 introduced Perl to my officemates.
    Perl 1 introduced Perl to the world, and changed /\(...\|...\)/ to
        /(...|...)/.  \(Dan Faigin still hasn't forgiven me. :-\)
    Perl 2 introduced Henry Spencer's regular expression package.
    Perl 3 introduced the ability to handle binary data (embedded nulls).
    Perl 4 introduced the first Camel book.  Really.  We mostly just
        switched version numbers so the book could refer to 4.000.
    Perl 5 introduced everything else, including the ability to
        introduce everything else.
Larry Wall, Andy Dougherty, Tom Christiansen, Charles Bailey, Nick Ing-Simmons, Chip Salzenberg, Tim Bunce, Malcolm Beattie, Gurusamy Sarathy, Graham Barr, Jarkko Hietaniemi, Hugo van der Sanden, Michael Schwern, Rafael Garcia-Suarez, Nicholas Clark, Richard Clamp, Leon Brocard.
[from Porting/pumpkin.pod in the Perl source code distribution]
Chip Salzenberg gets credit for that, with a nod to his cow orker, David Croy. We had passed around various names (baton, token, hot potato) but none caught on. Then, Chip asked:
[begin quote]
Who has the patch pumpkin?
To explain: David Croy once told me once that at a previous job, there was one tape drive and multiple systems that used it for backups. But instead of some high-tech exclusion software, they used a low-tech method to prevent multiple simultaneous backups: a stuffed pumpkin. No one was allowed to make backups unless they had the ``backup pumpkin''.
[end quote]
The name has stuck. The holder of the pumpkin is sometimes called the pumpking (keeping the source afloat?) or the pumpkineer (pulling the strings?).
 Pump-  Release         Date            Notes
 king                                   (by no means
                                         comprehensive,
                                         see Changes*
                                         for details)
 ===========================================================================
Larry 0 Classified. Don't ask.
Larry 1.000 1987-Dec-18
          1.001..10     1988-Jan-30
          1.011..14     1988-Feb-02
 Schwern  1.0.15        2002-Dec-18     Modernization
 Richard  1.0.16        2003-Dec-18
Larry 2.000 1988-Jun-05
          2.001         1988-Jun-28
Larry 3.000 1989-Oct-18
          3.001         1989-Oct-26
          3.002..4      1989-Nov-11
          3.005         1989-Nov-18
          3.006..8      1989-Dec-22
          3.009..13     1990-Mar-02
          3.014         1990-Mar-13
          3.015         1990-Mar-14
          3.016..18     1990-Mar-28
          3.019..27     1990-Aug-10     User subs.
          3.028         1990-Aug-14
          3.029..36     1990-Oct-17
          3.037         1990-Oct-20
          3.040         1990-Nov-10
          3.041         1990-Nov-13
          3.042..43     1991-Jan-??
          3.044         1991-Jan-12
Larry 4.000 1991-Mar-21
          4.001..3      1991-Apr-12
          4.004..9      1991-Jun-07
          4.010         1991-Jun-10
          4.011..18     1991-Nov-05
          4.019         1991-Nov-11     Stable.
          4.020..33     1992-Jun-08
          4.034         1992-Jun-11
          4.035         1992-Jun-23
 Larry    4.036         1993-Feb-05     Very stable.
          5.000alpha1   1993-Jul-31
          5.000alpha2   1993-Aug-16
          5.000alpha3   1993-Oct-10
          5.000alpha4   1993-???-??
          5.000alpha5   1993-???-??
          5.000alpha6   1994-Mar-18
          5.000alpha7   1994-Mar-25
 Andy     5.000alpha8   1994-Apr-04
 Larry    5.000alpha9   1994-May-05     ext appears.
          5.000alpha10  1994-Jun-11
          5.000alpha11  1994-Jul-01
 Andy     5.000a11a     1994-Jul-07     To fit 14.
          5.000a11b     1994-Jul-14
          5.000a11c     1994-Jul-19
          5.000a11d     1994-Jul-22
 Larry    5.000alpha12  1994-Aug-04
 Andy     5.000a12a     1994-Aug-08
          5.000a12b     1994-Aug-15
          5.000a12c     1994-Aug-22
          5.000a12d     1994-Aug-22
          5.000a12e     1994-Aug-22
          5.000a12f     1994-Aug-24
          5.000a12g     1994-Aug-24
          5.000a12h     1994-Aug-24
 Larry    5.000beta1    1994-Aug-30
 Andy     5.000b1a      1994-Sep-06
 Larry    5.000beta2    1994-Sep-14     Core slushified.
 Andy     5.000b2a      1994-Sep-14
          5.000b2b      1994-Sep-17
          5.000b2c      1994-Sep-17
 Larry    5.000beta3    1994-Sep-??
 Andy     5.000b3a      1994-Sep-18
          5.000b3b      1994-Sep-22
          5.000b3c      1994-Sep-23
          5.000b3d      1994-Sep-27
          5.000b3e      1994-Sep-28
          5.000b3f      1994-Sep-30
          5.000b3g      1994-Oct-04
 Andy     5.000b3h      1994-Oct-07
 Larry?   5.000gamma    1994-Oct-13?
Larry 5.000 1994-Oct-17
 Andy     5.000a        1994-Dec-19
          5.000b        1995-Jan-18
          5.000c        1995-Jan-18
          5.000d        1995-Jan-18
          5.000e        1995-Jan-18
          5.000f        1995-Jan-18
          5.000g        1995-Jan-18
          5.000h        1995-Jan-18
          5.000i        1995-Jan-26
          5.000j        1995-Feb-07
          5.000k        1995-Feb-11
          5.000l        1995-Feb-21
          5.000m        1995-Feb-28
          5.000n        1995-Mar-07
          5.000o        1995-Mar-13?
Larry 5.001 1995-Mar-13
 Andy     5.001a        1995-Mar-15
          5.001b        1995-Mar-31
          5.001c        1995-Apr-07
          5.001d        1995-Apr-14
          5.001e        1995-Apr-18     Stable.
          5.001f        1995-May-31
          5.001g        1995-May-25
          5.001h        1995-May-25
          5.001i        1995-May-30
          5.001j        1995-Jun-05
          5.001k        1995-Jun-06
          5.001l        1995-Jun-06     Stable.
          5.001m        1995-Jul-02     Very stable.
          5.001n        1995-Oct-31     Very unstable.
          5.002beta1    1995-Nov-21
          5.002b1a      1995-Dec-04
          5.002b1b      1995-Dec-04
          5.002b1c      1995-Dec-04
          5.002b1d      1995-Dec-04
          5.002b1e      1995-Dec-08
          5.002b1f      1995-Dec-08
 Tom      5.002b1g      1995-Dec-21     Doc release.
 Andy     5.002b1h      1996-Jan-05
          5.002b2       1996-Jan-14
 Larry    5.002b3       1996-Feb-02
 Andy     5.002gamma    1996-Feb-11
 Larry    5.002delta    1996-Feb-27
Larry 5.002 1996-Feb-29 Prototypes.
Charles 5.002_01 1996-Mar-25
         5.003          1996-Jun-25     Security release.
          5.003_01      1996-Jul-31
 Nick     5.003_02      1996-Aug-10
 Andy     5.003_03      1996-Aug-28
          5.003_04      1996-Sep-02
          5.003_05      1996-Sep-12
          5.003_06      1996-Oct-07
          5.003_07      1996-Oct-10
 Chip     5.003_08      1996-Nov-19
          5.003_09      1996-Nov-26
          5.003_10      1996-Nov-29
          5.003_11      1996-Dec-06
          5.003_12      1996-Dec-19
          5.003_13      1996-Dec-20
          5.003_14      1996-Dec-23
          5.003_15      1996-Dec-23
          5.003_16      1996-Dec-24
          5.003_17      1996-Dec-27
          5.003_18      1996-Dec-31
          5.003_19      1997-Jan-04
          5.003_20      1997-Jan-07
          5.003_21      1997-Jan-15
          5.003_22      1997-Jan-16
          5.003_23      1997-Jan-25
          5.003_24      1997-Jan-29
          5.003_25      1997-Feb-04
          5.003_26      1997-Feb-10
          5.003_27      1997-Feb-18
          5.003_28      1997-Feb-21
          5.003_90      1997-Feb-25     Ramping up to the 5.004 release.
          5.003_91      1997-Mar-01
          5.003_92      1997-Mar-06
          5.003_93      1997-Mar-10
          5.003_94      1997-Mar-22
          5.003_95      1997-Mar-25
          5.003_96      1997-Apr-01
          5.003_97      1997-Apr-03     Fairly widely used.
          5.003_97a     1997-Apr-05
          5.003_97b     1997-Apr-08
          5.003_97c     1997-Apr-10
          5.003_97d     1997-Apr-13
          5.003_97e     1997-Apr-15
          5.003_97f     1997-Apr-17
          5.003_97g     1997-Apr-18
          5.003_97h     1997-Apr-24
          5.003_97i     1997-Apr-25
          5.003_97j     1997-Apr-28
          5.003_98      1997-Apr-30
          5.003_99      1997-May-01
          5.003_99a     1997-May-09
          p54rc1        1997-May-12     Release Candidates.
          p54rc2        1997-May-14
Chip 5.004 1997-May-15 A major maintenance release.
 Tim      5.004_01-t1   1997-???-??     The 5.004 maintenance track.
          5.004_01-t2   1997-Jun-11     aka perl5.004m1t2
          5.004_01      1997-Jun-13
          5.004_01_01   1997-Jul-29     aka perl5.004m2t1
          5.004_01_02   1997-Aug-01     aka perl5.004m2t2
          5.004_01_03   1997-Aug-05     aka perl5.004m2t3
          5.004_02      1997-Aug-07
          5.004_02_01   1997-Aug-12     aka perl5.004m3t1
          5.004_03-t2   1997-Aug-13     aka perl5.004m3t2
          5.004_03      1997-Sep-05
          5.004_04-t1   1997-Sep-19     aka perl5.004m4t1
          5.004_04-t2   1997-Sep-23     aka perl5.004m4t2
          5.004_04-t3   1997-Oct-10     aka perl5.004m4t3
          5.004_04-t4   1997-Oct-14     aka perl5.004m4t4
          5.004_04      1997-Oct-15
          5.004_04-m1   1998-Mar-04     (5.004m5t1) Maint. trials for 5.004_05.
          5.004_04-m2   1998-May-01
          5.004_04-m3   1998-May-15
          5.004_04-m4   1998-May-19
          5.004_05-MT5  1998-Jul-21
          5.004_05-MT6  1998-Oct-09
          5.004_05-MT7  1998-Nov-22
          5.004_05-MT8  1998-Dec-03
 Chip     5.004_05-MT9  1999-Apr-26
          5.004_05      1999-Apr-29
 Malcolm  5.004_50      1997-Sep-09     The 5.005 development track.
          5.004_51      1997-Oct-02
          5.004_52      1997-Oct-15
          5.004_53      1997-Oct-16
          5.004_54      1997-Nov-14
          5.004_55      1997-Nov-25
          5.004_56      1997-Dec-18
          5.004_57      1998-Feb-03
          5.004_58      1998-Feb-06
          5.004_59      1998-Feb-13
          5.004_60      1998-Feb-20
          5.004_61      1998-Feb-27
          5.004_62      1998-Mar-06
          5.004_63      1998-Mar-17
          5.004_64      1998-Apr-03
          5.004_65      1998-May-15
          5.004_66      1998-May-29
 Sarathy  5.004_67      1998-Jun-15
          5.004_68      1998-Jun-23
          5.004_69      1998-Jun-29
          5.004_70      1998-Jul-06
          5.004_71      1998-Jul-09
          5.004_72      1998-Jul-12
          5.004_73      1998-Jul-13
          5.004_74      1998-Jul-14     5.005 beta candidate.
          5.004_75      1998-Jul-15     5.005 beta1.
          5.004_76      1998-Jul-21     5.005 beta2.
          5.005         1998-Jul-22     Oneperl.
 Sarathy  5.005_01      1998-Jul-27     The 5.005 maintenance track.
          5.005_02-T1   1998-Aug-02
          5.005_02-T2   1998-Aug-05
          5.005_02      1998-Aug-08
 Graham   5.005_03-MT1  1998-Nov-30
          5.005_03-MT2  1999-Jan-04
          5.005_03-MT3  1999-Jan-17
          5.005_03-MT4  1999-Jan-26
          5.005_03-MT5  1999-Jan-28
          5.005_03-MT6  1999-Mar-05
          5.005_03      1999-Mar-28
 Leon     5.005_04-RC1  2004-Feb-05
          5.005_04-RC2  2004-Feb-18
          5.005_04      2004-Feb-23
 Sarathy  5.005_50      1998-Jul-26     The 5.6 development track.
          5.005_51      1998-Aug-10
          5.005_52      1998-Sep-25
          5.005_53      1998-Oct-31
          5.005_54      1998-Nov-30
          5.005_55      1999-Feb-16
          5.005_56      1999-Mar-01
          5.005_57      1999-May-25
          5.005_58      1999-Jul-27
          5.005_59      1999-Aug-02
          5.005_60      1999-Aug-02
          5.005_61      1999-Aug-20
          5.005_62      1999-Oct-15
          5.005_63      1999-Dec-09
          5.5.640       2000-Feb-02
          5.5.650       2000-Feb-08     beta1
          5.5.660       2000-Feb-22     beta2
          5.5.670       2000-Feb-29     beta3
          5.6.0-RC1     2000-Mar-09     Release candidate 1.
          5.6.0-RC2     2000-Mar-14     Release candidate 2.
          5.6.0-RC3     2000-Mar-21     Release candidate 3.
          5.6.0         2000-Mar-22
 Sarathy  5.6.1-TRIAL1  2000-Dec-18     The 5.6 maintenance track.
          5.6.1-TRIAL2  2001-Jan-31
          5.6.1-TRIAL3  2001-Mar-19
          5.6.1-foolish 2001-Apr-01     The "fools-gold" release.
          5.6.1         2001-Apr-08
 Rafael   5.6.2-RC1     2003-Nov-08
          5.6.2         2003-Nov-15     Fix new build issues
 Jarkko   5.7.0         2000-Sep-02     The 5.7 track: Development.
          5.7.1         2001-Apr-09
          5.7.2         2001-Jul-13     Virtual release candidate 0.
          5.7.3         2002-Mar-05
          5.8.0-RC1     2002-Jun-01
          5.8.0-RC2     2002-Jun-21
          5.8.0-RC3     2002-Jul-13
          5.8.0         2002-Jul-18
          5.8.1-RC1     2003-Jul-10
          5.8.1-RC2     2003-Jul-11
          5.8.1-RC3     2003-Jul-30
          5.8.1-RC4     2003-Aug-01
          5.8.1-RC5     2003-Sep-22
          5.8.1         2003-Sep-25
 Nicholas 5.8.2-RC1     2003-Oct-27
          5.8.2-RC2     2003-Nov-03
          5.8.2         2003-Nov-05
          5.8.3-RC1     2004-Jan-07
          5.8.3         2004-Jan-14
          5.8.4-RC1     2004-Apr-05
          5.8.4-RC2     2004-Apr-15
          5.8.4         2004-Apr-21
          5.8.5-RC1     2004-Jul-06
          5.8.5-RC2     2004-Jul-08
          5.8.5         2004-Jul-19
Hugo 5.9.0 2003-Oct-27 Rafael 5.9.1 2004-Mar-16
For example the notation ``core: 212 29'' in the release 1.000 means that it had in the core 212 kilobytes, in 29 files. The ``core''..``doc'' are explained below.
release core lib ext t doc ======================================================================
1.000 212 29 - - - - 38 51 62 3 1.014 219 29 - - - - 39 52 68 4 2.000 309 31 2 3 - - 55 57 92 4 2.001 312 31 2 3 - - 55 57 94 4 3.000 508 36 24 11 - - 79 73 156 5 3.044 645 37 61 20 - - 90 74 190 6 4.000 635 37 59 20 - - 91 75 198 4 4.019 680 37 85 29 - - 98 76 199 4 4.036 709 37 89 30 - - 98 76 208 5 5.000alpha2 785 50 114 32 - - 112 86 209 5 5.000alpha3 801 50 117 33 - - 121 87 209 5 5.000alpha9 1022 56 149 43 116 29 125 90 217 6 5.000a12h 978 49 140 49 205 46 152 97 228 9 5.000b3h 1035 53 232 70 216 38 162 94 218 21 5.000 1038 53 250 76 216 38 154 92 536 62 5.001m 1071 54 388 82 240 38 159 95 544 29 5.002 1121 54 661 101 287 43 155 94 847 35 5.003 1129 54 680 102 291 43 166 100 853 35 5.003_07 1231 60 748 106 396 53 213 137 976 39 5.004 1351 60 1230 136 408 51 355 161 1587 55 5.004_01 1356 60 1258 138 410 51 358 161 1587 55 5.004_04 1375 60 1294 139 413 51 394 162 1629 55 5.004_05 1463 60 1435 150 394 50 445 175 1855 59 5.004_51 1401 61 1260 140 413 53 358 162 1594 56 5.004_53 1422 62 1295 141 438 70 394 162 1637 56 5.004_56 1501 66 1301 140 447 74 408 165 1648 57 5.004_59 1555 72 1317 142 448 74 424 171 1678 58 5.004_62 1602 77 1327 144 629 92 428 173 1674 58 5.004_65 1626 77 1358 146 615 92 446 179 1698 60 5.004_68 1856 74 1382 152 619 92 463 187 1784 60 5.004_70 1863 75 1456 154 675 92 494 194 1809 60 5.004_73 1874 76 1467 152 762 102 506 196 1883 61 5.004_75 1877 76 1467 152 770 103 508 196 1896 62 5.005 1896 76 1469 152 795 103 509 197 1945 63 5.005_03 1936 77 1541 153 813 104 551 201 2176 72 5.005_50 1969 78 1842 301 795 103 514 198 1948 63 5.005_53 1999 79 1885 303 806 104 602 224 2002 67 5.005_56 2086 79 1970 307 866 113 672 238 2221 75 5.6.0 2930 80 2626 364 1096 129 868 281 2841 93 5.7.0 2977 80 2801 425 1250 132 975 307 3206 100 5.6.1 3049 80 3764 484 1924 159 1025 304 3593 119 5.7.1 3351 84 3442 455 1944 167 1334 357 3698 124 5.7.2 3491 87 4858 618 3290 298 1598 449 3910 139 5.7.3 3415 87 5367 630 14448 410 2205 640 4491 148
The ``core''...``doc'' mean the following files from the Perl source code distribution. The glob notation ** means recursively, (.) means regular files.
 core   *.[hcy]
 lib    lib/**/*.p[ml]
 ext    ext/**/*.{[hcyt],xs,pm}
 t      t/**/*(.) (for 1-5.005_56) or **/*.t (for 5.6.0-5.7.3)
 doc    {README*,INSTALL,*[_.]man{,.?},pod/**/*.pod}
Here are some statistics for the other subdirectories and one file in the Perl source distribution for somewhat more selected releases.
====================================================================== Legend: kB #
            1.014   2.001   3.044   4.000   4.019   4.036
atarist - - - - - - - - - - 113 31 Configure 31 1 37 1 62 1 73 1 83 1 86 1 eg - - 34 28 47 39 47 39 47 39 47 39 emacs - - - - - - 67 4 67 4 67 4 h2pl - - - - 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 hints - - - - - - - - 5 42 11 56 msdos - - - - 41 13 57 15 58 15 60 15 os2 - - - - 63 22 81 29 81 29 113 31 usub - - - - 21 16 25 7 43 8 43 8 x2p 103 17 104 17 137 17 147 18 152 19 154 19
======================================================================
            5.000a2 5.000a12h 5.000b3h 5.000  5.001m  5.002   5.003
atarist 113 31 113 31 - - - - - - - - - - bench - - 0 1 - - - - - - - - - - Bugs 2 5 26 1 - - - - - - - - - - dlperl 40 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - do 127 71 - - - - - - - - - - - - Configure - - 153 1 159 1 160 1 180 1 201 1 201 1 Doc - - 26 1 75 7 11 1 11 1 - - - - eg 79 58 53 44 51 43 54 44 54 44 54 44 54 44 emacs 67 4 104 6 104 6 104 1 104 6 108 1 108 1 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 hints 11 56 12 46 18 48 18 48 44 56 73 59 77 60 msdos 60 15 60 15 - - - - - - - - - - os2 113 31 113 31 - - - - - - 84 17 56 10 U - - 62 8 112 42 - - - - - - - - usub 43 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - utils - - - - - - - - - - 87 7 88 7 vms - - 80 7 123 9 184 15 304 20 500 24 475 26 x2p 171 22 171 21 162 20 162 20 279 20 280 20 280 20
======================================================================
            5.003_07 5.004   5.004_04 5.004_62 5.004_65 5.004_68
beos - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 Configure 217 1 225 1 225 1 240 1 248 1 256 1 cygwin32 - - 23 5 23 5 23 5 24 5 24 5 djgpp - - - - - - 14 5 14 5 14 5 eg 54 44 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 81 62 emacs 143 1 194 1 204 1 212 2 212 2 212 2 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 hints 90 62 129 69 132 71 144 72 151 74 155 74 os2 117 42 121 42 127 42 127 44 129 44 129 44 plan9 79 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 Porting 51 1 94 2 109 4 203 6 234 8 241 9 qnx - - 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 utils 97 7 112 8 118 8 124 8 156 9 159 9 vms 505 27 518 34 524 34 538 34 569 34 569 34 win32 - - 285 33 378 36 470 39 493 39 575 41 x2p 280 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 282 19 281 19
======================================================================
            5.004_70 5.004_73 5.004_75  5.005  5.005_03
apollo - - - - - - - - 0 1 beos 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Configure 256 1 256 1 264 1 264 1 270 1 cygwin32 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 24 5 djgpp 14 5 14 5 14 5 14 5 15 5 eg 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 86 65 emacs 262 2 262 2 262 2 262 2 274 2 h2pl 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 hints 157 74 157 74 159 74 160 74 179 77 mint - - - - - - - - 4 7 mpeix - - - - 5 3 5 3 5 3 os2 129 44 139 44 142 44 143 44 148 44 plan9 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 82 15 Porting 241 9 253 9 259 10 264 12 272 13 qnx 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 utils 160 9 160 9 160 9 160 9 164 9 vms 570 34 572 34 573 34 575 34 583 34 vos - - - - - - - - 156 10 win32 577 41 585 41 585 41 587 41 600 42 x2p 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19 281 19
The ``diff lines kb'' means that for example the patch 5.003_08, to be
applied on top of the 5.003_07 (or whatever was before the 5.003_08)
added lines for 110 kilobytes, it removed lines for 19 kilobytes, and
changed lines for 424 kilobytes.  Just the lines themselves are
counted, not their context.  The ``+ - !'' become from the diff(1)
context diff output format.
 Pump-  Release         Date           diff lines kB
 king                                  -------------
                                          +   -   !
 ===========================================================================
 Chip     5.003_08      1996-Nov-19     110  19 424
          5.003_09      1996-Nov-26      38   9 248
          5.003_10      1996-Nov-29      29   2  27
          5.003_11      1996-Dec-06      73  12 165
          5.003_12      1996-Dec-19     275   6 436
          5.003_13      1996-Dec-20      95   1  56
          5.003_14      1996-Dec-23      23   7 333
          5.003_15      1996-Dec-23       0   0   1
          5.003_16      1996-Dec-24      12   3  50
          5.003_17      1996-Dec-27      19   1  14
          5.003_18      1996-Dec-31      21   1  32
          5.003_19      1997-Jan-04      80   3  85
          5.003_20      1997-Jan-07      18   1 146
          5.003_21      1997-Jan-15      38  10 221
          5.003_22      1997-Jan-16       4   0  18
          5.003_23      1997-Jan-25      71  15 119
          5.003_24      1997-Jan-29     426   1  20
          5.003_25      1997-Feb-04      21   8 169
          5.003_26      1997-Feb-10      16   1  15
          5.003_27      1997-Feb-18      32  10  38
          5.003_28      1997-Feb-21      58   4  66
          5.003_90      1997-Feb-25      22   2  34
          5.003_91      1997-Mar-01      37   1  39
          5.003_92      1997-Mar-06      16   3  69
          5.003_93      1997-Mar-10      12   3  15
          5.003_94      1997-Mar-22     407   7 200
          5.003_95      1997-Mar-25      41   1  37
          5.003_96      1997-Apr-01     283   5 261
          5.003_97      1997-Apr-03      13   2  34
          5.003_97a     1997-Apr-05      57   1  27
          5.003_97b     1997-Apr-08      14   1  20
          5.003_97c     1997-Apr-10      20   1  16
          5.003_97d     1997-Apr-13       8   0  16
          5.003_97e     1997-Apr-15      15   4  46
          5.003_97f     1997-Apr-17       7   1  33
          5.003_97g     1997-Apr-18       6   1  42
          5.003_97h     1997-Apr-24      23   3  68
          5.003_97i     1997-Apr-25      23   1  31
          5.003_97j     1997-Apr-28      36   1  49
          5.003_98      1997-Apr-30     171  12 539
          5.003_99      1997-May-01       6   0   7
          5.003_99a     1997-May-09      36   2  61
          p54rc1        1997-May-12       8   1  11
          p54rc2        1997-May-14       6   0  40
        5.004           1997-May-15       4   0   4
 Tim      5.004_01      1997-Jun-13     222  14  57
          5.004_02      1997-Aug-07     112  16 119
          5.004_03      1997-Sep-05     109   0  17
          5.004_04      1997-Oct-15      66   8 173
Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>.
Thanks to the collective memory of the Perlfolk. In addition to the Keepers of the Pumpkin also Alan Champion, Mark Dominus, Andreas König, John Macdonald, Matthias Neeracher, Jeff Okamoto, Michael Peppler, Randal Schwartz, and Paul D. Smith sent corrections and additions.
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