Re: Perl HTML parsing library
Earl Hood (ehood@imagine.convex.com)
Wed, 07 Sep 94 10:47:36 CDT
> Earl> Parsing SGML will be much easier with the new features of Perl 5. I'm
> Earl> just waiting for a non-alpha/beta version.
>
> I'm not sure whether that should be parsed as "non-alpha/non-beta" version,
> but if you're waiting for a beta version, Perl 5 beta 1 has been released
> for something like a week. My experiences have been quite positive, even
> back to the alpha versions. I've switched almost all my system
> administration programs to use Perl 5 with no detected problems.
I think my thoughts can also be applied to libwww-perl:
The reason I do not go to Perl 5 now is that Perl 5 does not
have nearly as wide-spread as Perl 4. Since libwww-perl and
perlWWW are distributed to the public, they would not be very
useful packages if they required Perl 5. Only a limited few
would be able to use the libraries/programs.
I think it is best to wait until Perl 5 is finally released in
a "non-alpha/non-beta" version, and that sufficient
documentation is available for it (like a newer edition of the
Camel book).
--ewh