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On 24 May 2013 08:46, H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Thu, 23 May 2013 19:50:55 -0400, Ricardo Signes > <perl.p5p@rjbs.manxome.org> wrote: > >> I think it's time to seriously consider removing CGI.pm from the core >> distribution. It is no longer what I'd point *anyone* at for writing *any* >> sort of web code. It is in the core, as far as I know, because once it was the >> state of the art, and a major reason for many people to use the language. I >> don't think either is true now. Finally, if you need CGI, it's easy to install >> after installing perl, just like everything else we've dropped from the core >> distribution. >> >> In the past two years, all my interactions with CGI.pm have been to fix bugs or >> send pull requests to quiet it from making noise in the core. I expect others >> here have had the same experience. >> >> Are there any arguments out there to compel me to feel otherwise about this? > > I suggested removal of CGI back in 2001 (I checked). I see no reason > whatsoever to keep it in CORE (other than people expecting it to be > in CORE) > > ++ for removal Ditto. Yves -- perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"Thread Previous | Thread Next