On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 07:21:16PM -0700, Jason W. May wrote:
> "Selena Sol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > When I speak of Java here, I mean the J2EE platform.
>
> This simple statement is very important. The Java community has something
> called "the J2EE platform". It's a big agglomeration of Stuff that, taken
> all together, provides a powerful toolkit for this type of software
> development.
>
> There was a debate at the perl5-porters get-together at TPC discussing the
> pros and cons of creating some sort of approved bundle of "standard" Perl
> modules. Should the standard set that comes with a vanilla Perl
> installation
> be expanded? Should their be several different bundles available? How
> would
> you version-control such a thing, when the constituent modules are
> constantly
> changing and improving?
>
> I'd like to pursue this line of thought further - perhaps on another list.
This has been discussed several times the past years on p5p. I'd urge
everyone who wants to discuss this to make oneself acquainted with
the discussions on p5p - if only to learn incredible difficult it is
to get such a "blessed" toolkit in an open development environment as Perl.
When comparing Java with Perl, one should realize that *anyone* can add
things to Perl - all you need is working code and rough concensus among
peers. Quite different from Java, C++ or C. This has both advantages and
benefits.
Abigail
