Re: Proposal: No more standard library additions

At 01:02 PM 10/16/2006 -0400, Ivan KrstiÄ? wrote:
>Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> > I think that Perl may actually have us beat in terms of having "one
> > way to do it" with respect to package layout, for example.
>
>I don't think there's much of a 'may' about it. I've often wondered why
>non-Perl languages haven't been able to -- culturally -- create their
>own version of CPAN, and failing that, why they haven't copied CPAN
>outright.
>
>The Perl world has pretty much standardized on the "if it's out there,
>it's on CPAN" model, and it's one of the language's greatest assets.

I was actually referring to the standardization of the *layout* of the 
contents of a package, and standardization on the interface for performing 
build, install, and test steps.

But yes, CPAN is more a cultural phenomenon than a technical one, as its 
creators have previously pointed out.