On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 04:14 AM, Tim Bunce wrote:
Oh, I didn't know that, it makes a lot more sense than "external utils", which is what I thought it meant too. Of course, this means that the namespace is even worse than I thought for being used as general-purpose module-handling schtuff. =)Actually the name originates from the 'ext' subdirectory of the perl distribution. But you're right that it's very much a legacy.
-Ken
