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in thread Help keep me from "shelling out" - download progress bar in cgi

I would think my script would look funny if it had ... 
use WWW::Mechanize;
use LWP::Simple

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Nowhere, not even in "Perl Best Practices", is there any guideline that restrict you to a maximum number of modules you are allowed to use.

Go ahead, the Perl Style Police will not come and arrest you!

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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