[Chicago-talk] Getting new modules into the standard Perl distribution.

[Andy Lester]

On Jan 28, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Sean Blanton wrote:

> Thanks, I'll not pursue it then. Is it that it's an applied use of  
> the core Perl functionality or because it's maintained outside the  
> core distribution or both?


More that the core Perl has become so bloated by all the modules that  
have been added over the years where someone said "Yeah, this is used  
all the time!".  Look at all the stuff that's in a core Perl install.   
Text::Soundex?  File::Checktree?  OS2::REXX?

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