From: dblack@... Date: 2003-01-23T11:29:20+09:00 Subject: Re: Can we attack the 'not enough libraries' thing straight on? Hi -- On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Hal E. Fulton wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joey Gibson" > To: "ruby-talk ML" > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 7:58 PM > Subject: Re: Can we attack the 'not enough libraries' thing straight on? > > > > ||| So, all you almost-satisfied Ruby programmers, what's missing? :-) > > > > One part of cpan that I really like is the cpan shell that let's you query > > what you have, find what you need and install it. I haven't looked at the > > Perl code for that to see how complicated a task that is, but it's a very > > nice thing to have. > > True, but a meta-issue. > > The question at hand (correct me if I'm wrong, David) is: > What libraries (i.e., *content*) does CPAN have that you > wish Ruby had? (Ditto for Python's repository.) And Haskell's, and whatever. Yes, I was asking a non-meta question -- very nuts and bolts :-) David -- David Alan Black home: dblack@candle.superlink.net work: blackdav@shu.edu Web: http://pirate.shu.edu/~blackdav