> a) not knowing what has already been done in Perl
> a la the CPAN
A lot of my early work would have been spared if I knew that CPAN had
EVERYTHING close to perfect that I wrote badly.
>
> b) other alternatives that exist in other open source solutions
Eh... I let
volks,
One of the question sets that I really wonder about at times
reviewing some of the questions that come up here is how
much of what folks are working on is due to
a) not knowing what has already been done in Perl
a la the CPAN
b) other alternatives that ex