Re: [Boston.pm] Python

On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 09:43:44PM -0400, Tom Metro wrote:

> In any case, even if CPAN is still superior today, it doesn't sound like 
> a sustainable advantage, unless these other language communities have 
> some flaw in their ability to get modules contributed to their 
> repositories.

I know that free code repositories do exist for Ruby and Python (not so
sure about Squeak) but they don't even come close to matching CPAN,
either in breadth or depth.  CPAN's depth is good - there's some
fantastic stuff there, which is applicable to a vast range of problems.
Its breadth is good too, with reusable code for the most obscure
problems.  Even if the code solving some of those obscure problems is
frankly terrible, not all of it is, and I find it quite easy to spot
what to use and what to avoid - just look at the quality of the
documentation and you'll generally know in moments.

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