On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 01:40:49PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 03:35:54PM -0600, Dave Rolsky wrote: > > Like I said on perlmonks, I'm working on a patch for > > ExtUtils::ModuleMaker. I'd suggest putting that module into the core > > (though I dislike the name). > > Ideally it would be Module::Maker. Using the ExtUtils:: namespace is > unfortunate legacy from ExtUtils::MakeMaker. ExtUtils:: == > Modules which deal with External Utilities such as make and Fortran > compilers.
Actually the name originates from the 'ext' subdirectory of the perl distribution. But you're right that it's very much a legacy. Tim.
