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  • This is something I never got - if your Build.PL can be converted automatically to a Makefile.PL, and thus, obviously doesn't need any of the features that Module::Build offers over ExtUtils::MakeMaker, why would you use Module::Build at all?

    • perldoc Module::Build. See MOTIVATIONS [cpan.org].

      • ... but these are the reasons why Ken Williams wrote Module::Build, not why somebody would use it, just to (down-)convert the file to a Makefile.PL immediately.

    • EU::MM cannot tell build_requires from requires so even very simple Build.PLs are often more expressive than their equivalent Makefile.PLs and cannot be translated losslessly.

      Also, Module::Build makes it easy to autogenerate Makefile.PL. ExtUtils::MakeMaker cannot autogenerate Build.PL. Starting from a blank slate, which of the two makes better sense to pick?

    • If you can get all of the nutrition you need from an IV, why bother eating a nice steak dinner?

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