* demerphq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-04 08:05]: > Personally i think the "core is too big" argument is a > red-herring given that bandwidth is as cheap as it is these > days. Adding a couple of modules to core would increase the > rsynch time by what a second or two? It would suck up a couple > of extra K, something like 1% of what most of use for our > web-browser cache. So the size argument IMO doesnt hold water.
bandwidth and storage are more expensive still than you’d think. But the real issue isn’t bandwidth, it’s testing and support. Perl runs on several dozen families of operating systems. Adding modules to the core means you must – you MUST – make a reasonable effort to ensure that they run on each and every Perl port. Is it any wonder that people say core is too big? Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>
