> On encountering a script that used such a module, I'd be rather
> irritated about having to download and install another Cpan module for
> something that can be achieved with a standard module that's already
> installed on the system.

This is a very valid point.

> But I accept your point about POSIX not being an obvious place to look
> for many people (depending on background, how much is known about POSIX
> and C, etc).  How about creating Math::Log10 as documentation only,
> referring to POSIX::log10?  So people who don't know to look in POSIX
> will find it and then they will know to look in POSIX ...

Or better yet the perldoc for the log function.

-J

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