*sigh* (double *sigh*, I had a reply done and my machine croaked). Perl is the language, the binary. Not the modules, they are but a library to save you time. Does that mean they can be removed willy-nilly? Well, that's moot, I'd say yes, but you shouldn't. anyways, you've said more interesting things I'd like to address.

Re: your whole second paragraph, Larry himself has said that one should only be required to know what is necessary to get the job done. Neither you, nor me, nor anybody else is expected to know every last detail about Perl. There wouldn't be much fun, learning, or interaction if we all knew all of it. Besides, one of the most wonderful things is coming across an as of yet undiscovered (by you) gem. Be it in man pages, the default libraries, or a module on CPAN. To quote Bill Waterson, "There's treasure everywhere".

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In reply to Re: Re: no more perl in BSD core by belg4mit
in thread no more perl in BSD core by tstock

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