On the flip side, I cannot count the number of times somebody has listed "No non-core Perl modules" as a requirement to the solution of a problem, and upon additional questioning by myself, the reasons behind this were non-sensical and I was able to convince them to try it, with positive results. Shaved hours if not days off of their development time and they learned how to install a Perl module at the same time.

While I agree that some times a requirement against Perl modules can be a valid thing, most of the time it isn't. They just say that because they don't want to be bothered with learning how to install a Perl module, don't understand how they work and don't want to be bothered to learn, are just afraid of aspects of the language that they don't know yet, or they think it will take longer to learn how and to actually install a module than it would take them to re-invent the solution on their own. When it is prohibited by management, similarly, it's because the managers don't understand Perl modules, what's involved in getting them installed, and don't want to bother learning. They'd rather have their programmer spend 10x more time re-inventing a poor solution to a common problem than have them spend an unknown amount of time learning how to install a proven and robust module (perhaps on a large number of client systems) that would shave their development time down to nothing.

In reply to Re: Modules or lack thereof by Fastolfe
in thread Modules or lack thereof by Blue

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