nysus wrote:

Is the fact that many modules are written with OO code good enough reason to learn Perl OO programming?

No. Many CGI programs are written using cgi-lib.pl. That's not really a good reason for learning that module (this is along the lines of "if all your friends jumped off a cliff..."). Instead, if you want to learn how to maintain OO code, that should be a good reason.

Of course you can get by without it. I can get by without ever buying new clothes or trying new food, but why would I want to?

Learning new ways of programming opens up ways of looking at things that you probably haven't previously considered. A great demonstration of this is reading tilly's post Why I like functional programming.

Cheers,
Ovid

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