On 4/4/06, A. Pagaltzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * demerphq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-04-04 08:05]: > > Personally i think the "core is too big" argument is a > > red-herring given that bandwidth is as cheap as it is these > > days. Adding a couple of modules to core would increase the > > rsynch time by what a second or two? It would suck up a couple > > of extra K, something like 1% of what most of use for our > > web-browser cache. So the size argument IMO doesnt hold water. > > bandwidth and storage are more expensive still than you'd think. > > But the real issue isn't bandwidth, it's testing and support. > Perl runs on several dozen families of operating systems. Adding > modules to the core means you must – you MUST – make a reasonable > effort to ensure that they run on each and every Perl port.
Not if they are platform specific "glue" code. IMO such code _belongs_ in the core as thats the place where its going to get the best maintenance. Yves -- perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"
