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> be careful when talking about perl version numbers. all perl
> 5.x versions can (and probably should) be represented as
> 5.00x version numbers (eg. 5.8.0 is also 5.008.) the 5.6.0
> and higher releases used v-strings to represent version
> information, but v-strings have since been deprecated due to
> implementation problems. so, this style of versioning is not
> backward- or forward-compatible.
>
> so which versions of perl are you really talking about?
> perl -e'die $]'
Ok, so then, we're talking about versions as early as 5.00503.
> > For context, we do a lot of Oracle interaction, a lot of file
> > parsing and a
> > whole darn lot of data exchange between various file formats.
> >
> > Knowing this, I'd be interested to see what folks here recommend.
> > Assume that DBI and DBD::Oracle are on the list. What else
> do folks
> > recommend?
>
> the core module list in recent perls has grown some, so you
> may find more of your favorites installed along with perl.
> anyway, Template, DBI, and XSH are my favourite data-munging utils.
Thanks!
--John
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