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Re: RubyForge at 600 projects and counting...
Berger, Daniel
4/8/2005 6:30:00 PM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Lyman [mailto:lymans@gmail.com]
>
> I found this page after a bit of googling:
>
>
http://www.cpan.org/indic...
>
> ... so what part do we care about comparing ourselves to? I
> know we're not a Perl clone, but it seems like we'd have won
> a major 'battle' in PR if we can say (in some shape or form)
> that we have a 'collection' as large as CPAN.
>
> -Rich
I'll take quality over quantity any day. :)
Ruby's library will probably never be as large as CPAN for a few
reasons.
* Several modules just don't make sense and/or aren't needed in Ruby
(e.g. most modules that start with "Class::").
* There is often overlap in functionality that Ruby has done a pretty
good job of avoiding so far.
* Some modules that are still external in Perl are part of the stdlib in
Ruby (e.g. libwww).
* The Ruby community doesn't do "Acme::" modules (and I hope it stays
that way).
I'd say only about 1/3 of the modules on CPAN are actually "good"
(though some are exceptional, e.g. DBI). The rest are outdated,
redundant, very highly specialized, unused or just plain suck. No, I
don't have anything to back that up. Just a general impression after
using Perl as my primary language for several years.
Regards,
Dan
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