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+New in 2009-04 release
+* implement Perl 5 regexes
+* rx/.../ regex quoting
+* moved many methods to the setting
+* exporting and importing by tags, support :DEFAULT export tag
+* implemented START 
+* implemented roots builtin
+* implemented .ast on Match objects
+* split() now supports limits in all cases
+
 New in 2009-03 release (#15, "Oslo")
 + implemented $*PROGRAM_NAME magical variable
 + outer lexicals are now visible in eval()