I taught myself perl over the course of the last two years or so, and have certainly picked up some bad habits, though I try to write my programs as cleanly as possible. One thing that I sometimes have difficulty with is getting & using modules.

Part of the reason I try to write code to work without modules is because I want my code to be as portable as possible, without having to nag the administrator to install this package or that... (I'm a web developer of course). For example, rather than using LWP for things like retrieving webpage source or extracting links, I have a habit of re-inventing the wheel and writing subroutines that will do the same thing. (i.e. using use Socket and talking to a port instead of using the LWP module)

So here's my question:
Do any of the more "seasoned" perl programmers find my "anti-module" habits are a good thing? Or am I just creating more work for myself? If I write something in 20 lines that could have been written in 2 with use of a Module, am I creative, or am I stubborn?

In reply to Use of Modules by Kozz

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