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Issue #166 - 2014-09-29 - A Mild Case of Shellshock
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The main tech news of the week has to be the Shellshock exploit. Does it affect Perl? Fortunately, not that much (David Farrell has the details). In other news, a new version of DBD::SQLite will soon be released, a new Perl book is in the making, and Perl will be participating in the next iteration of the OPW -- all providing us with delightful reasons for looking forward to the months ahead. Enjoy! ~ `/anick
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