Chapter 1

The Module List

The Module List is a semi manually maintained list of most of the Perl modules on 

CPAN. A section of the Module List is shown in Figure 1 5.

Figure 1 5. The start of Database Interfaces section in the Module List

In many ways, its function has been superseded by the newer search inter 

faces detailed later in this chapter, but it does have some unique features that can 

be helpful. First, it organizes the modules into categories by function. These cate 

gories are listed here:

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