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in thread Understanding how to *use* a CPAN module

Ha! No clue. I actually did ask myself that, but obviously I'm no expert on this module :-)

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Re^5: Understanding how to *use* a CPAN module
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 22, 2008 at 18:00 UTC
    but obviously I'm no expert on this module :-)

    Me neither, but I'd hazard a guess that the justifiction would be "completeness". Which could be paraphrased as: complication for the sake of dogma.

    This is a prime example of the latter of the two greatest evils in software development today: What-if pessimism and Wouldn't-it-be-nice-if optimism.. Writing extra code now, "in case it might become useful later" costs both up-front and in ongoing maintenance. Not to mention the dibilitating affect it has on the clarity of the documentation.

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