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> There's tons of choice with date libraries,
Most everyone uses DateTime.
> or OO frameworks,
Nowadays choosing this one is simple: Moose
> or unit test frameworks
Test::More is pretty standard.
> For all the talk of CPAN being so killer, there actually isn't much there that other languages don't also have.
That is approximately the opposite of my experiences with the CPAN.
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You can see a list of recent uploads here: http://www.cpan.org/RECENT.html
> There's tons of choice with date libraries,
Most everyone uses DateTime.
> or OO frameworks,
Nowadays choosing this one is simple: Moose
> or unit test frameworks
Test::More is pretty standard.
> For all the talk of CPAN being so killer, there actually isn't much there that other languages don't also have.
That is approximately the opposite of my experiences with the CPAN.