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<P><FONT SIZE=2>hello,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I kinda find larry wall's thaught very interesting. And his complete</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>openness of ppl choosing lang other than perl. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>So, what I wanna ask is,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>is it technically possible to use perl modules from python programs.. ?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>not parrot maybe but something in between....</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>/prasad</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Martin von Loewis [<A HREF="mailto:loewis@informatik.hu-berlin.de">mailto:loewis@informatik.hu-berlin.de</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 11:25 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: python-list@python.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: Python equivalent of CPAN Library modules</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>davehurt@flash.net (David Hurt) writes:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> I would appreciate any feedback on the practicality/usefulness/etc. of this </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> effort.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I think it will be a huge effort, and it might be that the outcome is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>not all that useful, e.g. you might find that the most often requested</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>CPAN modules have already good Python equivalents. I'm not sure what</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>you'd do when the Python module offers the same functionality, but</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>with a totally different API.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>That said, if you volunteer to do the work, I'm sure many people would</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>be interested to see what the result is.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Regards,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Martin</FONT>
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