At 01:02 PM 10/16/2006 -0400, Ivan KrstiÄ wrote: >Phillip J. Eby wrote: > > I think that Perl may actually have us beat in terms of having "one > > way to do it" with respect to package layout, for example. > >I don't think there's much of a 'may' about it. I've often wondered why >non-Perl languages haven't been able to -- culturally -- create their >own version of CPAN, and failing that, why they haven't copied CPAN >outright. > >The Perl world has pretty much standardized on the "if it's out there, >it's on CPAN" model, and it's one of the language's greatest assets.
I was actually referring to the standardization of the *layout* of the contents of a package, and standardization on the interface for performing build, install, and test steps. But yes, CPAN is more a cultural phenomenon than a technical one, as its creators have previously pointed out. _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
