> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 2:39 PM
> To: Bob Showalter
> Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Date comparing and difference?
>
>
> On Sep 26, Bob Showalter said:
>
> >> use Time::Local; # for the timelocal() function
> >
> >How is it that Date::Calc and Date::Manip aren't "standard"
> >modules? Because they aren't in the base distribution?
>
> Correct.
Is it your policy to eschew the use of such "non-standard"
modules? What do you do about DBI, say?
I can see the validity of preferring a "lightweight" module
over a "heavy" one such as Date::Manip, but I don't see the
point of distinguishing between "core" and "non-core"
modules.
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