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<p>
This chapter describes SWIG's support of Perl5. Although the Perl5
module is one of the earliest SWIG modules, it has continued to evolve
-and has been improved greatly with the help of SWIG users. For the
-best results, it is recommended that SWIG be used with Perl 5.8 or
-later. We're no longer testing regularly with older versions, but
-Perl 5.6 seems to mostly work, while older versions don't.
+and has been improved greatly with the help of SWIG users. As of SWIG
+4.1.0, the minimum version of Perl we aim to support is Perl 5.8.0.
+We can no longer easily test with older versions, and they no longer
+seem to be in active use.
</p>
<H2><a name="Perl5_nn2">31.1 Overview</a></H2>
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installation under "Additional include directories".
<li>Define the symbols WIN32 and MSWIN32 under preprocessor options.
-If using the ActiveWare port, also define the symbol PERL_OBJECT.
Note that all extensions to the ActiveWare port must be compiled with
the C++ compiler since Perl has been encapsulated in a C++ class.