From: dblack@...
Date: 2002-10-30T03:36:04+09:00
Subject: Re: good link to read as we contemplate RAA, RAA.succ, et al

Hi --

On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Pat Eyler wrote:

> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/wlg/2225

Interesting.  Simon (hi Simon!) is probably right that "Definitive
[library module] names discourage wheel reinvention."  The problem,
though, is that such an approach means that whoever writes the *first*
module called "XML::Parser" or "Text::Soundex" (or whatever) ends up
having written the definitive one, whether it's any good or not.

(I guess one could then write and contribute "XML::Parser::Good", but
somehow that doesn't entirely address the difficulty :-)


David

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