ANNOUNCE: ePerl 2.2.0 (Embedded Perl 5 Language)

["Ralf S. Engelschall" <rs...@engelschall.com>]

  After a long 2.2 beta cycle I'm proud to release...
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  ePerl -- Embedded Perl 5 Language

  <URL:http://www.engelschall.com/sw/eperl/>

  Version 2.2.0 (18-07-1997)

  ePerl interprets an ASCII file bristled with Perl 5 program statements by
  evaluating the Perl 5 code while passing through the plain ASCII data. It
  can operate in various ways: As a stand-alone Unix filter or integrated Perl
  5 module for general file generation tasks and as a powerful Webserver
  scripting language for dynamic HTML page programming.

  Copyright (c) 1996-1997 Ralf S. Engelschall, All rights reserved.

  Summary of Program
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  o  Implementation:   - ANSI C
  o  Min Requirements: - underlaying Unix derivate
                       - ANSI C compiler
                       - already installed Perl 5.004 (full functionality)
                         or at least 5.003+EMBED (minimum functionality)
  o  Distribution:     - freely available
                       - no charge
                       - GNU General Public License or Artistic License
  o  Status:           - Genesis: March 1996
                       - First major release: March 1996 (1.0)
                       - Last  major release: April 1997 (2.1)
                       - stable

  Major Changes from Version 2.1 to 2.2
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  o  Changed Quotation/Delimiter Parsing
  o  Smarter and Optimized Parser
  o  Support for '=' block prefix
  o  HTML entity conversion inside ePerl blocks
  o  Perl Taint and Warning modes now available
  o  New ePerl Preprocessor
  o  New option -I for include path
  o  New Perl 5 interface module for ePerl parser: Parse::ePerl
  o  New ePerl emulation handler for Apache+mod_perl: Apache::ePerl
  o  New option -h for consistency ;-)
  o  First attempt to write a converter from (X)SSI to ePerl
  o  Built-in GIF images
  o  Enhanced portability
  o  Compiles and runs out-of-the-box on major Unix derivates.

                                       Ralf S. Engelschall
                                       rse@engelschall.com
                                       www.engelschall.com