So, if I am grokking this correctly, it would almost be like building a super-layer scripting language on top of perl, and each bead is kind of a super function that encompasses popular perl code. Similar to modules or objects, but with a stricter set of rules for defining them... I suppose this could be a useful thing, but maybe not so useful as in java, since java is much more of a pain in the a** than perl :)

I can see it as a good thing for perl, what I think would go well with it would be the ability to call a bean you didn't have, and the first run of the script would load all necessary beans from a known source, all you would need is use Perl::Beads; Just a thought. I suppose anything in the FAQ or Tutorials section would be fair game for a bead, as well.

I'm not sure... it sounds plausible, but unless it is designed just right it could easily become so much perl cruft... but if designed right, it might help those less familiar with programming...

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