(substitute CGI for any module with a ::Simple counterpart)
Can someone explain the differences in XXX.pm XXX::Simple etc, Say for instance, CGI.pm. Is CGI::Simple, a smaller subset of the same usage terms? Could it be looked at as: CGI::Simple is the basic structure, with CGI.pm being the complete unabridged and expanded compilation? I know html rather well I think (having used it for a number of years) and using CGI would seem to make some things easier for me, but I am right smack in the middle of learning perl, and now EZDBI (for a current project). From what I have gathered, CGI::Simple is quite easy to understand and use. Am I wrong in assuming this? How confused am I going to get trying to add another something to the list of things I'm already attempting to commit to memory? And what are the pros/cons of CGI.pm vs. CGI::Simple ?

In reply to *.pm vs. *::Simple by Zecho

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