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Hmm, wonder then how CPAN got so big in the first place... Yes, given Perl is rather old, but still. Perl 5 came 1994, Python came 1990, and Ruby 1995...
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Re^5: Shell style line-editing without benefit of CPAN modules
by samtregar (Abbot) on Feb 01, 2007 at 22:18 UTC
    If you're really curious, pick up a copy of my book. Short version: the will-power and vision of a few key people made it possible. Yes, the community matters but without our librarians we'd just have a bunch of FTP sites like everyone else.

    -sam

      Hmm, $1.89 for a book that really costs $34.95? Haven't really used this Amazon stuff, but $1.89 I can afford... ;) But, seems little too good to be true though... I mean such a decrease...
        Well, take into account that you can download it for free here: http://apress.com/free/. Sorry, should have mentioned that earlier!

        -sam