Practical Perl still popular way of getting things done

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Re: Practical Perl still popular way of getting things done by zentara (Cardinal) on Jan 31, 2008 at 17:31 UTC
When you get good, knowledgable IT managers, who need to get things done, Perl is the obvious choice. Why? Because as a venerable monk's tagline says... "99% of all code has already been written". So all a competant perl programmer needs to do, is grab it off of groups.google.com, and adapt it to his needs. Most of that code is Perl. :-) I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]
Re^2: Practical Perl still popular way of getting things done by Anonymous Monk on Feb 01, 2008 at 17:20 UTC
you mean CPAN	[reply]
Re^3: Practical Perl still popular way of getting things done by zentara (Cardinal) on Feb 02, 2008 at 13:53 UTC
No, I meant groups.google.com, which almost always leads to CPAN for the required modules. I always search for code snippets first, because generally, by reading comments in the threads, you can filter out the best modules to use. Certain posters are well known for giving solid advice, so I zero in on their comments, and use the modules which they suggest. Going to CPAN directly, often requires personally testing numerous modules, whilst google comments will usually point directly to the "best-of-breed" module for your purpose. I do understand what you meant however, that CPAN is the ultimate source. I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum	[reply]