On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 07:25:16PM +1300, Sam Vilain wrote: > > Perhaps you're personally happy with search.cpan.org, but a little > extra directory and indexing information can't hurt for those who > can't discern the coding prowess of the author at a single glance at > an API, and who don't hang out with Perl geeks for 90% of their waking > hours.
To put it simply, it's needed for the same reasons that http://directory.google.com/ is needed. Tim.