CPAN is your Friend (or Enemy) on Frenode's #perl - Fortune

CPAN is your Friend (or Enemy) on Frenode's #perl

x86 gah
x86 DateTime::Format::Strptime is not one of the core modules
iank boo hoo cpan it
apeiron "i (can't|don't want to) use external modules"
iank (If only we had some sort of comprehensive archive network.. for perl stuff.. complete with a convenient tool you could use to easily fetch, build, and install modules!)
iank apeiron: "oh, but you're a dumbass"
iank "carry on then"
simcop2387-lab iank! i know i'll call it Ruby on Rails!
integral well, it'd be different if CPAN and CPANPLUS really were convenient.
x86 POSIX::strptime is not a core module either
x86 this sucks
apeiron Send patches or shut up. :)
iank CPAN IS VERY FUCKING CONVENIENT DO YOU WANT ME TO PUNCH YOU IN THE SPLEEN
integral apt-get : cpan :: brilliant : annoying
iank this : pretentious and awkward :: 1 : 1
x86 iank: not so conveinent when you're writing software to be deployed on 100 servers and you dont want to have to install the same module 100 times
integral bundle it with your app.
iank x86: stop failing at sysadmining
iank Or that.
integral They're also pure-perl so this is very, very trivial.
integral We have PARs which are jsut like Java's JARs for even more deployability win
iank woohoo
mst and people have this retarded obsession with only using core
mst I mean, anybody who does perl for a living grows out of it pretty fucking fast
mst but there's always colossal whining the first time you tell someone to get something from CPAN
integral But due to my last point, PAR isn't as well known as it should be
mst x86: thanks for being today's example :)
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Tagline CPAN is your Friend (or Enemy)