use Perl

• *nod* (Score:1)

  by dlc (50)

  Sometimes I think that the only thing stopping me from switching completely to another language is the thought of spending my next three years of spare time porting CPAN to Ruby.

  Same here. CPAN is indeed the Best Thing Ever.

  --
  (darren)
  • Re:*nod* (Score:1)

    by davebaker (4482)

    Once you know what you want to install, it's a dream.
    
    How do you know what you want to install?
• Yeah, but... (Score:2)

  by Simon (89)

  If you don't do it, who will?
  • Re:Yeah, but... (Score:2)

    by davorg (18)

    Simon said...

    If you don't do it, who will?

    You maybe :)

    Ok, here's a thought. We'll organise a group of disaffected Perl programmers together and split the work between us. That way we'll have it done in a fraction of the time.
  • Objects in the Mirror are approaching quickly (Score:2)

    by dws (341)

    Don't underestimate the amount of restless energy in the Ruby community right now. It might take less time to catch up with the useful parts of CPAN than you might think.
    • Re:Objects in the Mirror are approaching quickly (Score:1)

      by sigzero (5768)

      That is very true. The Ruby community is jumping at this point in time.

      If it worked better on Windows I might consider using it.
• Parrot (Score:1)

  by ChrisDolan (2855)

  If Parrot succeeds at all of its goals, then Ruby, Perl5/6, Python, etc may be able to share libraries. Then maybe we'll all be able to program in our favorite language, but not need to reinvent all of the wheels.
  
  • Re:Parrot (Score:2)

    by davorg (18)

    The important words in your post are "if", "may" and "then" :)
    
    • Re:Parrot (Score:1)

      by Qiang (5577)

      actually it's
      
      if ... may ... then maybe
      
      speaking of dependencies :)