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compatibility and extensibility (Score:1)
I was about to write a comment worrying that the syntax would have backward compatibility problems and problems with missing features, but then I realized that including the parser in inc/ solves both of those problems.
Hmm, interesting.
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The key benefit to Module::Install is that it doesn't have backwards-compatibility or problems with missing features.
Of course, it has a whole different set of problems, but it does allow me to add and change features without the normal issues that occur in the rest of the toolchain.