[Boston.pm] joke CPAN modules

Hey, am I the only one to be burned by a CPAN module that turned out to be a joke?

 

The first time I found one, I realized what it was ... Inline::PERL which claims to "Bring the power of PERL programming to your Perl programs." Obviously this was intended as funny.

 

But, while working on an XML project for work, I tried to find an XML::Simple for ActiveState Perl ... and could not. Instead I found XML::Ximple (not quite what I wanted) and (ironically) XML::Simpler.

 

After installing and testing XML::Simpler ... I realized that it was meant as a joke (I guess a sarcastic rebuttal to the complaints lodged at XML::Simple). Still, it burned me ... and took time to install and test. I didn't discover it's ironic nature until I examined the source code.

 

[BTW: I never did find a working PPD for XML::Simple, but when I learned it was pure perl, I just downloaded into the appropriate directory and was able to get on with my project.]

 

So, am I just incredibly naive or has anyone else been burned by joke modules?

 

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Stephen A. Jarjoura

 

 

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