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One of the things that comes up again and again about CPAN is that it's difficult to sort through all the modules. One of the implicit assumptions of CPAN is that having more people contribute is better, and the fewer barriers to entry that exist to adding a module the more healthy the Perl ecosystem will be. It's tough to argue with the results, once you know your way around. ...