[PHP] Is that a PECL in your pants?

[John W. Holmes]

Can anyone explain the purpose of PECL to me besides what it says on the 
web page (http://pecl.php.net)?

For instance, the XSLT extension has been moved to PECL, but the 
experimental XSL functions are included by default with PHP5. This would 
lead me to favor the XSL functions over the XSLT functions since they 
would be available more. Does this imply one is "better" than the other?

Is this just simply the PHP-dev team wishing to not bundle as much with 
PHP? Can I expect any decent ISP to support enabling an extension listed 
in PECL?

Thanks for any info and have a good night!
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