Re: Installing Expect.pm and IO

Apologies for offtopic answer ;-)

I've never found a need for Expect yet. Whenever I think, oh I better try out Expect, I do a search through CPAN and find that there is a module which does exactly what I wanted anyway ;-)

What was it that you wanted to drive with Expect?

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Always ask for the context of the question by merlyn (Sage) on Aug 29, 2000 at 15:09 UTC
I agree with this one. In a lot of my EFnet #perl chatting, I see a lot of people ask how to "get `Net::Telnet` working" or "having troubles with `Expect`", or even "can't get this socket code to work". When I question them further, 9 times out of 10 it's because they are either fetching a web page (the hardest way possible {grin}) or speaking some other basic protocol like mail or news. When I point at the myriad of solutions on the CPAN, usually their electronic jaw drops to the table, and they're on their way, not having to reinvent the wheel by gluing together popsicle sticks. Perhaps it's because when people come to Perl from other languages, they're already conditioned to have to "roll their own". The CPAN is a fairly interesting advantage in the Perl community, and too many of us take it for granted. As I often say in Usenet posts: The CPAN is your friend. Use the CPAN! -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply]

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Always ask for the context of the question
by merlyn (Sage) on Aug 29, 2000 at 15:09 UTC

Net::Telnet

Expect

Perhaps it's because when people come to Perl from other languages, they're already conditioned to have to "roll their own". The CPAN is a fairly interesting advantage in the Perl community, and too many of us take it for granted. As I often say in Usenet posts:

The CPAN is your friend. Use the CPAN!

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

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