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Re: Its time we set the score straight on Perl 5 and Perl 6 and debunk our own self-generated FUD.

From:
Alan Olsen
Date:
June 21, 2006 16:35
Subject:
Re: Its time we set the score straight on Perl 5 and Perl 6 and debunk our own self-generated FUD.
Message ID:
1150932908.2381.11.camel@odshp.com
On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 19:04 -0400, Randy W. Sims wrote:
> Adam Kennedy wrote:
> > Carp...
> > 
> > utf8
> > 
> > warnings
> > 
> > A few others, but yes, it should look something like that
> > 
> > Level 1 - Perl, strict, Carp, warnings, utf8, a few other small things
> > 
> > Level 2 - Level 1 + whatever is required to have a working CPAN client
> > 
> > Level 3 - Level 2 plus a large number of other common things...
> 
> Is the layered approach sensible past "Level 2" as opposed to grouping 
> modules by task? Or should there be anything at all past Level 2? The 
> more sets, the more work to support them. But then, it seems to be much 
> more reassuring to some users, judging from other posts, to have a 
> "supported" set of modules.

Besides...  If we go any deeper we will be eaten by a grue.




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