Perl Modules save time and effort. They often provide reliable well tested code written by an expert in that area. Better still they are freely available. CGI, LWP, DBI, HTML::useful_widget j(ust to name a few) are all invaluable. But how do you learn Perl, parsing and protocols if you always rely on modules to do the dirty work?

I think that sometimes we are perhaps a little too quick to point to a modular solution. Trying to reinvent the wheel is (in part) how we all come to learn. After all the modules we use would not exist if no one took on the challenge of building a better moustrap. Success is not always achieving the desired end result with the minimum effort - it just seems that way at work :-) Sometimes success is in the learning process.

If we always leave everything to the experts (and their code embodied in the form of modules) where will the next generation of gurus come from? Are we in danger of encouraging Perl coders to be no more than cut and paste script kiddies?

cheers

tachyon

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In reply to The Module Mantra by tachyon

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