* Terrence Brannon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040129 00:09]: > Mark Overmeer wrote: > > >Mail::Box was designed to start with EVERYTHING which the RFCs specify, > >and ALL uses I know with e-mail. A very high level library. And that's > >quite a lot... And therefore suffers all the same problems as other > >large modules (like Tk) have: they are hard to understand when you start > >with them. > > - are you happy that you chose to implement Mail::Box in Perl? Was it a > clear favorite in terms of language choice?
Yes. The power of Perl make such a project doable for someone on his/her own... it wouldn't be possible to achieve the same in C or Java in such a short time. IMO, hardware is cheaper than development time. Performance is usually not the problem. > - was vanilla Perl-OO enough for you? did you consider a prototype-based > or role-based or delegation-based approach to implementing Mail::Box. I'm not so much into OO terminolgy, but found a nice story on http://www.caddr.com/macho/archives/iolanguage/2003-12/1283.html which states: "Often people use the misnomer 'prototype-based inheritance' when they really mean delegation-based inheritance" The article explains class-based, delegation-based, role-based, and the Reflective Model. I've done Prolog (role based) a very long time ago, but am more naturally attracted to the class module. Java makes the world too obfuscated, IMO, where Perl uses a much simpler syntax. Of course, without any protections... > - I am very pleased that such a complete package is available for free. Thanks > - it seems that instead of volunteers to ease the burden of your API > usage/docs, people are trying to pull the rug out from under you by > populating the Email::* hierarchy... oh well. I am not against different implementations: it all have their own use. As long as implementations follow the standards within the limits of their application. -- MarkOv ------------------------------------------------------------------------ drs Mark A.C.J. Overmeer MARKOV Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://Mark.Overmeer.net http://solutions.overmeer.net
