Finance::QuoteOptions Initial Release
Finance::QuoteOptions 0.10 has been uploaded to CPAN. I would appreciate any feedback, good or bad. http://search.cpan.org/~kbocek/Finance-QuoteOptions-0.10/lib/Finance/QuoteOptions.pm Kurt Starsinic -- I'm gonna hold you to your promise that you'd be an enthusiastic user. :) Kirk Bocek
Re: (Create a new ?) namespace for applications on CPAN
On May 22, 2007, at 11:07 AM, David Nicol wrote: I'm trying hard to get people to stop saying script when referring to their Perl programs. I'd prefer that we not use it anywhere at all. outside of computers, script is a better term for the carefully tuned deliverables that software engineer produce than is program. Your basic mundane citizen considers a program a list of things that will occur in an evening, or a document they are handed when they occasionally get out to the opera, while script is something mysterious, yet cruciual for the production of television shows, produced by professionals who are legendary for failing to get the girl. None of that has any bearing on the sort of change in thinking I'm working on. -- Andy Lester = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = www.petdance.com = AIM:petdance
script or program?
On 5/22/07, Andy Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 22, 2007, at 11:07 AM, David Nicol wrote: I'm trying hard to get people to stop saying script when referring to their Perl programs. I'd prefer that we not use it anywhere at all. outside of computers, script is a better term for the carefully tuned deliverables that software engineer produce than is program. Your basic mundane citizen considers a program a list of things that will occur in an evening, or a document they are handed when they occasionally get out to the opera, while script is something mysterious, yet cruciual for the production of television shows, produced by professionals who are legendary for failing to get the girl. None of that has any bearing on the sort of change in thinking I'm working on. Okay, Andy Petdance Lester, vent your spleen. We're all ears.
Re: (Create a new ?) namespace for applications on CPAN
On May 17, 2007, at 4:08 PM, Andy Lester wrote: I'm trying hard to get people to stop saying script when referring to their Perl programs. I'd prefer that we not use it anywhere at all. outside of computers, script is a better term for the carefully tuned deliverables that software engineer produce than is program. Your basic mundane citizen considers a program a list of things that will occur in an evening, or a document they are handed when they occasionally get out to the opera, while script is something mysterious, yet cruciual for the production of television shows, produced by professionals who are legendary for failing to get the girl.
Re: script or program?
On May 22, 2007, at 11:25 AM, David Nicol wrote: None of that has any bearing on the sort of change in thinking I'm working on. Okay, Andy Petdance Lester, vent your spleen. We're all ears. I'm not sure where you're going here. -- Andy Lester = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = www.petdance.com = AIM:petdance
search.cpan.org search oddness
It's interesting how difficult it is to find CGI.pm using search.cpan.org. For example http://search.cpan.org/search?query=CGImode=all doesn't seem to mention CGI.pm at all. Has it always been like that or has something changed recently? -- Andy Armstrong, hexten.net
Re: search.cpan.org search oddness
* Andy Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-05-22 20:30]: It's interesting how difficult it is to find CGI.pm using search.cpan.org. Difficult? http://search.cpan.org/search?query=CGImode=module First hit. I agree though that it’s weird that CGI.pm doesn’t show up at all with `query=CGI;mode=all` (I checked). It only shows up at #295 if you use `query=CGI;mode=dist`, but shows up as the first hit for `query=CGI.pm;mode=dist`. Taking a step back and looking at `query=CGI.pm;mode=all`, you’ll see that the CGI::* modules in the CGI.pm-distro all show up at pretty high spots. Maybe search.cpan.org is biased against exact matches on modules without `::` in their name, possibly in order to rank down pragmata? I have no idea. My educated guess is that if the CGI.pm distro was called CGI and the summary mentioned CGI (eg. in parentheses behind the spelled- out form), it would fare much better. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // http://plasmasturm.org/
Re: search.cpan.org search oddness
On 22 May 2007, at 20:08, A. Pagaltzis wrote: * Andy Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-05-22 20:30]: It's interesting how difficult it is to find CGI.pm using search.cpan.org. Difficult? http://search.cpan.org/search?query=CGImode=module Difficult for people who aren't sure how the search interface works, certainly. -- Andy Armstrong, hexten.net
Re: search.cpan.org search oddness
On May 22, 2007, at 2:12 PM, Andy Armstrong wrote: Difficult? http://search.cpan.org/search?query=CGImode=module Difficult for people who aren't sure how the search interface works, certainly. Certainly I would expect to put CGI in the box and click search and get CGI.pm right away. Law of least surprise and all that. -- Andy Lester = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = www.petdance.com = AIM:petdance
Re: search.cpan.org search oddness
* Andy Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-05-22 21:15]: On 22 May 2007, at 20:08, A. Pagaltzis wrote: Difficult? http://search.cpan.org/search?query=CGImode=module Difficult for people who aren't sure how the search interface works, certainly. I do think `mode=module` should be the default. My own keyword bookmark in Firefox uses that. The labels could be slightly more descriptive, also. * Andy Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-05-22 21:45]: Certainly I would expect to put CGI in the box and click search and get CGI.pm right away. Law of least surprise and all that. Well, for the reasons I gave in my mail, I think at least part of the blame rests with CGI.pm rather than search.cpan.org. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // http://plasmasturm.org/
