(e.g. I understand Rose:DB:Object and DBIx have kind of replaced Class::DBI)
Its a good idea to avoid statements like that.
Why, because someone might haul you into court?

Class::DBI vs DBIx::Class is a good example of why frequency of mention isn't a good gauge of actual popularity, because these days Class::DBI may be mentioned a lot, but the context is usually "don't use this".

Myself I'm skeptical of the concept of ORM software, and if I thought people were tracking mentions of modules I'd have to start using circumloqutions when citing examples ("the CPAN package whose name I will not mention but is spelled C-l-a-s-s::D-B-I").

In reply to Re^2: CPAN - wheat from the chaff by doom
in thread CPAN - wheat from the chaff by jfrm

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