On Tue, July 6, 2010 1:39 pm, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > IMO, preferring core modules is like using the same size bolt for > *every* part of a car (from dashboard to engine mounts) simply because > (despite having a full complement of welding, cutting, and forming > tools), the drill press just happened to ship with that one size of > bit. I suppose the mechanics will love only needing one wrench, but it > will be a lumbering beast to drive.
I think a better analogy is considering whether you _could_ use the bolt you have a drill bit for, or whether it's worth the cost of buying/making a new drill bit. It's only a preference, after all. ;) That said, and even though I just installed a dozen new machines will perl 5.8.8 (It's the default with RedHat 5), I agree it's not worth worrying about here. Daniel T. Staal (I just have to push back a bit on the unending-dependency-chain issue, since it's a major pain to install CPAN modules on most of the boxes I admin. Not so much technically (although since none of them can reach CPAN directly that is an issue), but procedurally. In the analogy, I'm often required to make my own drill bit because I'm not allowed to buy a metric-sized bolt.) --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
