Re: Need help with a simple (I think) Perl script

Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
Bill H wrote:
[...]
The other suggestion of installing this or using that module, not
everyone who is programming in perl for cgi has their own server or
has the ability of adding new modules to the server (fortunatly I do)
and have to work within the capabilities of the system they are
running on. So if they post a problem and there is a solution that
wouldn't require them installing a module, recommend it, instead of
just saying use blah::blah.

Sometimes when people say "can't" install this or that module, they
actually mean "don't know how to". For instance, I have never heard
of a situation when a pure Perl module can't be installed, in one way
or another. So encouraging people to learn how to make use of modules
is usually the right thing to do.

There are some modules, even pure Perl ones, that might have a
dependency on something that isn't installed, and the user is not able
to install said dependency. Or one doesn't have shell access or the
hosting account uses a Windows server (and most don't give you any sort
of shell or remote desktop access.) There can be many reasons why one
might not be able to install a module.

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szr


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