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Perl oo vs plain Perl
Here are some past discussions you may find illuminating:
Damian Conway's ten rules for when to use OO
Advantages of OO-ish exception handling..
Object Oriented Perfomance
Object Oriented Perl
Why and how to re-use code to make better applications and you a better programmer. (discussion)
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