perlquestion
Smonff
<p>Hi dear Monks and happy new year to everybody.</p>
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Got a Perl culture request. I am searching for some information (presentations, conferences, articles, etc.) about the <code>Acme::*</code> namespace, it's purposes and cultural meanings in the Perl community. For now, I have this list:
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<li><a href="https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=410774">www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=410774</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.packrats/2002/11/msg9.html">www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.packrats/2002/11/msg9.html</a></li>
<li><a href="https://opensource.com/life/16/10/trick-or-treat-funny-perl-modules">opensource.com/life/16/10/trick-or-treat-funny-perl-modules</a></li>
<li><a href="https://metacpan.org/pod/acme::bleach">metacpan.org/pod/acme::bleach</a></li>
<li><a href="https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/advanced-perl-programming/0596004567/ch10.html">learning.oreilly.com/library/view/advanced-perl-programming/0596004567/ch10.html</a></li>
<li><a href="https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Acme/lib/Acme.pod">metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Acme/lib/Acme.pod</a></li>
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Ruth Holloway described Acme as:
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<i>A testing ground for the release process, so that a new contributor learns how to create and release new modules before doing something more serious</i>
</blockquote>
In Advanced Perl Programming it's written that
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<i>The Acme:: modules use extremely advanced or clever techniques in order to do something totally frivolous</i>
</blockquote>
and that
<blockquote>
<i>The Acme namespace was set aside for wacky, explosive, or Heath-Robinsonian modules, and has very quickly become one of the more densely populated namespaces on CPAN.</i>
</blockquote>
For what I can understand the CPAN Acme namespace is for Perl experiments. But I also see it as a namespace for a kind of conceptual <em>art</em> (not only ASCII art and stuff), but really art that is made of Perl, about Perl. What makes me think of this is <a href="https://metacpan.org/pod/distribution/Acme/lib/Acme.pod">Acme.pm</a> that seems to be only an auto-reflexive module all about the glory of CPAN and modularization. Those <a href="https://metacpan.org/pod/Acme::Bleach">things</a> could very much be displayed in a Museum of Modern Art, I wouldn't complain. By the way is there any records of Perl code entering the Museum? Aside than running the website ^^...
I guess I kind of answered my own question by asking, but I am sure some Monks would like to give more guidelines. Thanks for reading!
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