The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core.
--
Usenet article <199705101952.MAA00756@wall.org> (1997)Larry Wall
To Perl, or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.
Larry Wall
Well, enough clowning around. Perl is, in intent, a cleaned up and summarized version of that wonderful semi-natural language known as
'Unix'.Larry Wall
...Then you start building things like the Berlin wall to keep people inside your community. In anthropological terms, that's tribalism. A tribal Perl programmer might say, "If you leave the Perl tribe to go and join the Python tribe, we will hunt you down, cook you, and eat you." Or if you join the Ruby tribe, you will explode. By and large, I am not in favor of tribalism. Except for my tribe, of course.
Larry Wall
This is your brain. This is Perl. This is your brain on Perl. Any questions?
Erik Naggum
I think you didn't get a reply because you used the terms 'correct' and 'proper', neither of which has much meaning in Perl culture. :-)
Larry Wall
Wall, Larry
Walla, Chris
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z