True enough. Although I'd still like Perl even without CPAN. ;-)

To be honest, I don't. If CPAN weren't a factor I'm sure I'd have switched long ago - Scheme, Python and TCL all have syntax that makes more sense to me. CPAN, both as a place to find code and a place to share it, is what makes Perl my language of choice.

Re-reading, I realized I forgot to throw in a link to Krang. Krang is a big hairy Apache/mod_perl app that can be distributed and installed without requiring any external modules. It packages the CPAN modules it needs and has a build system that allows you to build on one machine and install on another. Overkill for a little script, perhaps, but another take on the problem.

-sam

In reply to Re^3: Shell style line-editing without benefit of CPAN modules by samtregar
in thread Shell style line-editing without benefit of CPAN modules by SirBones

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