* Martyn J. Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-01-20 12:02]:
> Version numbering works great for linear systems, which
> generally occur only with single authorship.  If you do your
> own version of Term::ProgressBar, and call it 3.00, and someone
> else does too, they will probably call it... 3.00.  Boom!

Yes, that's what the module name is for -- one of the two should
call it something other than Term::ProgressBar and if it's only
to add ::NewAndImproved.

Perl does not provide for keeping around same-named modules that
differ in some other way.

-- 
Regards,
Aristotle
 
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