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Postings from October 1999
Jarkko Hietaniemi [jhi@iki.fi] quoth: *> > *> > Hmmn - I thought it was Aug 20, not Oct 26 (or am I thinking of PAUSE)? *> *>August, yes, the first Module List where franz is mentioned came out *>the 25th of August 1995, but on which you base the 20th? This is precisely what I was getting at with the quote from postman and the article I posted yesterday. :) The internet as opposed to printed books, makes poor historical record. However, the first list to mention CPAN [ Tim's module list] was a _full month earlier, on 25 September. So, somewhere between 1 August and 26 October, word got around. If one wishes to dicker over 'official-ness', I used c.l.p.a. as a good rule of thumb since it is 'announcing' something in a public forum. Also, it only took 3 months for c.l.p.modules to be proposed after CPAN was unleashed. *>I would love to find a definite record of a PAUSE announcement, *>but off-hand I cannot, either from c.l.p.a or from (old) packrats *>archives... Maybe there was no definite "opening day"? The *>discussions on packrats about franz/PAUSE do happen near the *>20th, e.g. PAUSE is mentioned by Andreas for the first time *>the 16th. Yes, I remember trying to hunt down an 'announcement' for PAUSE but didn't find one and lost track of it. Perhaps I'll try that tonight. I attribute CPAN to both Jarkko and Andreas since both of them had an idea and made them work. :) Only 4 years! One wonders what the next 4 years will bring. :) Happy Birthday! e.Thread Previous | Thread Next