CPAN is your Friend (or Enemy) on Freenode's #perl - Fortune [possible satire]

x86gah
x86DateTime::Format::Strptime is not one of the core modules
iankboo hoo cpan it
apeiron"i (can't|don't want to) use external modules"
iank(If only we had some sort of comprehensive archive network.. for perl stuff.. complete with a convenient tool you could use to easily fetch, build, and install modules!)
iankapeiron: "oh, but you're a dumbass"
iank"carry on then"
simcop2387-labiank! I know I'll call it Ruby on Rails!
integralwell, it'd be different if CPAN and CPANPLUS really were convenient.
x86POSIX::strptime is not a core module either
x86this sucks
apeironSend patches or shut up. :)
iankCPAN IS VERY FUCKING CONVENIENT DO YOU WANT ME TO PUNCH YOU IN THE SPLEEN
integralapt-get : cpan :: brilliant : annoying
iankthis : pretentious and awkward :: 1 : 1
x86iank: not so conveinent when you're writing software to be deployed on 100 servers and you dont want to have to install the same module 100 times
integralbundle it with your app.
iankx86: stop failing at sysadmining
iankOr that.
integralThey're also pure-perl so this is very, very trivial.
integralWe have PARs which are jsut like Java's JARs for even more deployability win
iankwoohoo
mstand people have this inane obsession with only using core
mstI mean, anybody who does perl for a living grows out of it pretty fucking fast
mstbut there's always colossal whining the first time you tell someone to get something from CPAN
integralBut due to my last point, PAR isn't as well known as it should be
mstx86: thanks for being today's example :)
Channel#perl
NetworkFreenode
TaglineCPAN is your Friend (or Enemy)
Published2008-07-04