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Why bother loading external (and very large and slow) modules when this is really a text processing problem that can be solved very easily with standard Perl functions?

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Re3: Date formatting
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jun 30, 2003 at 15:16 UTC
    "If you're doing more than that" ... where "that" implies your original reply.

    While Date::Manip is large and slow and all things horrible ... Perl is large and slow and all things horrible too! If you're looking for execution speed, go to ASM. If you're looking for development speed, use the appropriate modules. Personally, I don't think the OP wanted the fastest solution. I believe he (and nearly everyone who posts on PM) is looking for the easiest solution. Both solutions are easy. Yours is easier in that it doesn't require learning how to use modules. Date::Manip is easier when the requirements change, like they always do.

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      Fair point. But in that case I'd be far more likely to suggest that people used something like DateTime or one of the other modules from the Perl date/time project.

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