Re^4: Text::CSV_XS - proposed new interface

I never understood the completely artificial separation between Pure-Perl versions and XS versions, not when we have an extensible build system that can require input from the installing user.

Surely at some point in time, you must have seen posts that say "I can't use a module because...". The most common reason quoted is lack of privileges for installing modules, the lack of tools, or lack of the necessary skill. In such a case, installing an XS module is next to impossible...

At least Pure Perl modules don't actually require proper installation, they can be made to work perfectly with just a few manual kludges. In such a case, "installing" a module is in the same realm as doing so for a script.

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Re^5: Text::CSV_XS - proposed new interface by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Dec 16, 2004 at 13:24 UTC
My point was that many distros should be able to provide an XS and a pureperl version of the same code. A perfect example would be Text::xSV. You have the pureperl version which anyone can cut'n'paste. Then, you have the XS version. If you aren't able to install it (for whatever reason), then you get to cut'n'paste. If you can, you get the speed boost. I still fail to see the problem ... Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing. Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid. Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence. Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.	[reply]

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Re^5: Text::CSV_XS - proposed new interface
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Dec 16, 2004 at 13:24 UTC

Text::xSV

I still fail to see the problem ...

Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing.
Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid.
Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence.
Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.

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