Re: Duplicated modules

2004-05-30 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Randy W. Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-05-14 01:40]: It would be much nicer if it was readable as a nntp or at least a mailing list; I've always found http-based discussion boardss awkward to navigate and difficult to figure out what I have and haven't read. Wonder why this hasn't been done?

Re: Duplicated modules

2004-05-13 Thread IvorW
- Original Message - From: Jose Alves de Castro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: IvorW [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 May 2004 11:23 Subject: Re: Duplicated modules Having said that, are we just reinventing Perlmonks? That, I do not know... :-| Ah, you do not know

Re: Duplicated modules

2004-05-13 Thread Randy W. Sims
On 5/13/2004 7:19 PM, IvorW wrote: - Original Message - From: Jose Alves de Castro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: IvorW [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 May 2004 11:23 Subject: Re: Duplicated modules Having said that, are we just reinventing Perlmonks? That, I do not know

Re: Duplicated modules

2004-05-13 Thread Mark Stosberg
On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 07:38:51PM -0400, Randy W. Sims wrote: It would be much nicer if [perlmonks] was readable as a nntp or at least a mailing list; I've always found http-based discussion boardss awkward to navigate and difficult to figure out what I have and haven't read. Wonder why

Duplicated modules

2004-05-11 Thread Jose Alves de Castro
Take a look at the CPAN. Search for Roman. There's Roman, Math::Roman, Text::Roman, Convert::Number::Roman, etc... Isn't this duplicated effort? :-| Besides, this may prevent the user from having all the available functionalities without installing all of those modules... :-| And I'm sure this

Re: Duplicated modules

2004-05-11 Thread Andy Lester
On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 12:33:00PM +0100, Jose Alves de Castro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: What can be done about it? You're asking us? As if the topic hasn't been beaten to death over the years? Maybe the first thing that should be done about it is to have a FAQ that addresses all the

Re: Duplicated modules

2004-05-11 Thread Mark Stosberg
On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 12:33:00PM +0100, Jose Alves de Castro wrote: Take a look at the CPAN. Search for Roman. There's Roman, Math::Roman, Text::Roman, Convert::Number::Roman, etc... Isn't this duplicated effort? :-| Besides, this may prevent the user from having all the available

Re: Duplicated modules

2004-05-11 Thread Jose Alves de Castro
On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 14:50, Andy Lester wrote: You're asking us? As if the topic hasn't been beaten to death over the years? Sorry... I didn't know that... :-| Still... if it has been beaten to death over the years, it appears to me it isn't quite dead, right? Maybe the first thing that