Re: Prothon and a CPAN-like archive

gyrof wrote:

> Hi All,
> This may have already been discussed, but has consideration been given 
> to developing the infrastructure and rigor necessary to create a 
> Perl-like CPAN archive for Prothon modules (CPrAN)? I realize that this 
> is probably premature, as the language itself is undergoing development, 
> but if thought can be given upfront, it may ease things down the road.
> I am sorry that Python does not match Perl with regard to the ease of 
> finding/archiving/installing modules, and I believe that the 
> availability of CPAN for Perl users keeps many of them firmly 'addicted' 
> to Perl. Prothon should not miss the boat on this issue.
> 
> Any thoughts on this?

I think that you are right on all counts. It is VERY important and could 
be a key differentiator.

But I don't know that there is much that an be done this early in the 
process. It is hard to know how the language could anticipate the 
existence of a source repository...

Maybe there is some tie in with import hooks.

  http://python.active-venture.com/whatsnew/section-pep302.html

  Paul Prescod