I note that this module requires Perl 5.10 -- is that noted anywhere other than the CPAN page or in your original node, reproduced below?

Today is a great day for perl. The most significant module to ever grace cpan has been uploaded. It is my pleasure to announce DataExtract::FixedWidth. Finally a sexy way to deal with "databases" that were coughed out of applications that suck. This module does not suck. It rocks. It pwns. It is l33t.

It was written using Moose by the coolest mofo around. He rocks. Check it out and give me feedback plz. Thanks.

UPDATE: This module is an attempt at a full fledged out-of-the-box solution to fixed-column-width tables. These types of tables are often outputted by ghostscript or a tab separated file that went through some sort of unexpanded. Humans deal with this better because we can look at the table as a whole simply. This module makes this form of data infinitely more user-friendly. etc.

Evan Carroll
I hack for the ladies.
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