The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN)
Perl offers additional modules to expand your development environment even further. These modules are contained in the CPAN.
What Is It?
The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network—called CPAN—is a large collection of Perl documentation and software. This software is contributed by volunteers who've written modules, programs, and documentation that they want to contribute to the Perl Community.
The list of modules available in CPAN is extensive. At the time of this writing, CPAN is approximately four years old, and more than 3,500 modules are available for installation. The modules cover a wide range of programming problems. Table 16.1 provides a short list to give you a taste of what's in CPAN.
The most ...
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