btw Jeff, good post. I think this will stimulate a good conversation. This is a common problem with lots of different workarounds.
Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Westman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 7:26 AM To: perl_help Subject: Question for this Group ... dont flame me :) Question for this group. And please don't flame me for asking this. Often times one writes in, asking how to do something fairly trivial, such as a date conversion from a non-standard format, or doing something else not require too much overhead. When asked for advice, nine times out of ten, the responded will refer the originator to such-and-such module at CPAN to download and install. I'm all for not re-inventing the wheel -- don't get me wrong. But if any of you are like me, you don't have access to install modules that run in a production environment. In my case, we have a couple of test servers and several hundred satellite servers that run 'production code'. So, installing a module is out-of- the-question. In my case, I am basically "stuck" with the perl [5.8] default libraries and modules. So, why is it that most of the solutions represented in this group tend to point to a CPAN module when the code for it isn't that hard (usually) to write? I'm not sure if using modules is a matter of "convenience" or "necessity". While the solutions shown here will most often work, they aren't practical for Joe Programmer working in the corporate world (don't flame me! LOL) who doesn't have access to install as root or install on many many servers. My point being, it might be helpful to provide a solution such as See xxx::yyy at CPAN or my solution below I tend to believe that most people part this list distribution do coding for a living, while others just tinker with it on the side or are students. I suppose one way to point to a CPAN module and not have to install as root would be to install the module in the application library path. Thoughts? -Jeff __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
