Perl 5.38 brings a new experimental syntax for defining object classes where per-instance data is stored in field variables that behave like lexicals:
Perl 5.38 also adds Unicode 15.0 support, deprecation warnings now present specific sub-categories, a new PERL_RAND_SEED environment variable for controlling seed behavior for random number generation, new APIs, and various other changes.
More details on Perl 5.38 changes can be found via perldoc . The big Perl 5.38 update can be downloaded from Perl.org .