25 Years of Perl

[Dave Cross]

Quoting Matt Freake <matthew.d.freake at gmail.com>:

> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Dave Cross <dave at dave.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>> What CPAN modules deserve to be mentioned as part of Perl's history? Which
>> Perl infrastructure projects are (or were) important? Are there any other
>> technical things that need to be covered?
>
> Templating modules (embperl, Template Toolkit and Mason) seemed a
> considerable step-forward for me at the time and hopefully contributed to
> more maintainable code.

Yeah. Got TT and Mason on my list. Was Embperl ever really important.  
I know I have a strong aversion to it (and I think you might also have  
the same aversion - engendered by the same project).

Dave...