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0 pointsinterroboink3y ago0 comments

As a fan of Perl, this situation of having an obscure, meticulously-documented CPAN module to not only explain but implement some common-but-surprisingly-hard pattern is just so ... Perl-y (:

Perhaps it's a semi-consequence of Perl being perceived as old and crusty, and popular with old crusty people who are merely trying to get things done without fluff (at least speaking for myself).

Reminds me of Data::Manip, another favorite of mine.

Thanks for taking the time to write this (and implement all that nonsense).

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btilly3y ago

Thanks.

The crustiness in this case was enhanced by my grumpiness over some frustrating debugging sessions, and having to go through a lot of very confusing documentation to get there. That grumpiness shows through in a couple of places.

For example I understand why Google decided that I was asking for the same permission too often, and began handing me codes that would not work. And also wouldn't explain what was wrong with the code that I just got.

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