Subject: New Module List Posted
From: [email-masked] (Andreas Koenig)
Date: 4 Jan 1998 18:28:21 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce

The Perl 5 Module List, v2.46
=============================

Today I posted a new module list to the newsgroups
comp.lang.perl.modules, comp.answers, and news.answers. The HTML
version of the list has been uploaded to CPAN as well:

    http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/00modlist.long.html

As usual, comments, corrections and suggestions are more than
welcome. Please mail them to

     [email-masked]

I believe that I have taken into account all mails we have received
since the last posting. If this is not the case, please let us know. A
big Thank You to all contributors helping us to keep the document up
to date and apologies to all who didn't get responses as quick as they
should.

Recent Changes in the modules database
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2) Perl Core Modules, Perl Language Extensions and Documentation Tools
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Taint          bdpf  Utilities related to tainting                PHOENIX !

3) Development Support
----------------------
Rcs            adcf  Alternate RCS interface (see VCS::RCS)       CFRETER +

VCS::
::RCS          idpf  Interface layer over RCS (See also Rcs)      RJRAY !

4) Operating System Interfaces
------------------------------
Mac::Apps::
::Launch       RdpO  Launch/Quit Mac OS Apps by creator ID        CNANDOR +

Schedule::
::At           Rd    OS independent interface to the at command   JOSERODR +

VMS::
::Persona      Rdcf  Interface to the VMS Persona services        DSUGAL +
::Process      Rdcf  Process management on VMS                    DSUGAL +
::Queue        bdcf  Manage queues and entries                    DSUGAL +
::System       Rdcf  VMS-specific system calls                    DSUGAL +

6) Data Types and Data Type Utilities (see also Database Interfaces)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Math::
::Fraction     bdpO  Fraction Manipulation                        KEVINA !

7) Database Interfaces (see also Data Types)
--------------------------------------------
AsciiDB::
::Parse        i     Generic text database parsing                MICB +

DBD::
::mSQL         RmcO  Msql Driver for DBI                          JWIED !
::mysql        RmcO  Mysql Driver for DBI                         JWIED +

Ingperl        ampf  Ingperl emulation interface for DBD::Ingres  HTOUG !
Pg             Rdcf  PostgreSQL SQL database interface            MERGL !

8) User Interfaces (Character and Graphical)
--------------------------------------------
Emacs::
::Lisp         adcO  Support for perl embedded in GNU Emacs       JTOBEY +

Term::
::ANSIColor    Rdpf  Color output using ANSI escape sequences     RRA !

10) File Names, File Systems and File Locking (see also File Handles)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
File::
::MultiTail    adpO  Tail multiple files                          SGMIANO +
::Sort         adpf  Emulate some functions of sort(1)            CNANDOR +
::Tail         bdpO  A more efficient tail -f                     MGRABNAR +

11) Text Processing, Parsing and Searching
------------------------------------------
Number::
::Format       adpO  Package for formatting numbers for display   WRW +

SGML::
::SPGrove      bd+O  Load SGML, XML, and HTML files               KMACLEOD +

Text::
::Metaphone    adpf  Phonetic encoding.  A modern Soundex         MSCHWERN !
::Vpp          bdpO  Versatile text pre-processor                 DDUMONT !

18) Images, Pixmap and Bitmap Manipulation, Drawing and Graphing
----------------------------------------------------------------
GIFgraph       RdpO  Package to generate GIF graphs, uses GD.pm   MVERB !

19) Mail and Usenet News
------------------------
Mail::
::POP3Client   RdpO  Support for clients of POP3 servers          SDOWD !
::UCEResponder i     Spamfilter                                   CHSTROSS +

News::
::Article      adpO  Module for handling Usenet articles          AGIERTH +

21) File Handle, Directory Handle and Input/Output Stream Utilities
-------------------------------------------------------------------
IO::
::Stty         bdpf  POSIX compliant stty interface               AUSCHUTZ +
::Wrap         adpO  Wrap old-style FHs in IO::-like interface    ERYQ +

23) Miscellaneous Modules
-------------------------
FAQ::
::Omatic       RdpO  A CGI-based FAQ/help database maintainer     JHOWELL +

Recent Changes in the users database
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  AGIERTH  Andrew P. J. Gierth <[email-masked]>
  AUSCHUTZ Austin Schutz <[email-masked]>
  BASKAR   Baskar S <[email-masked]>
  BPANNIER Benjamin Pannier <[email-masked]>
  CEVANS   Carey Evans <[email-masked]>
  CFRETER  Craig Freter <[email-masked]>
  CHSTROSS Charlie Stross <[email-masked]>
  CLINTDW  Clinton Wong <[email-masked]>
  DIONALM  Dion Almaer <[email-masked]>
  DMEGG    David Megginson <[email-masked]>
  EHOOD    Earl Hood <[email-masked]>
  FIMM     Dennis Taylor <[email-masked]>
  GBACON   Greg Bacon <[email-masked]>
  GFLOHR   Guido Flohr <[email-masked]>
  IKETRIS  Ilya Ketris <[email-masked]>
  JHI      Jarkko Hietaniemi <[email-masked]>
  JHOWELL  Jon Howell <[email-masked]>
  MAURICE  Maurice Aubrey <[email-masked]>
  MSCHWERN Michael G Schwern <[email-masked]>
  MSOLOMON Mark Solomon <[email-masked]>
  PMH      Peter Haworth <[email-masked]>
  RAP      Ryan Alyn Porter <[email-masked]>
  RSI      Rajappa Iyer <[email-masked]>
  SGMIANO  Stephen G. Miano <[email-masked]>
  WRW      William R Ward <[email-masked]>

--
andreas