Re: Perldoc Project

[email protected] (Piers Cawley) Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:27:47 +0200
Newsgroups perl.perl6.documentation
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Luke Palmer <[email protected]> writes:
> Iain Truskett wrote:
>> * Nick Pinckernell ([email protected]) [24 Jul 2003 14:50]:
>> 
>> [...]
>> > The idea is: a structured Javadoc style system for Perl. It would be
>> > very dependant on multiline comments (I've seen the Perl 6 RFC).
>> 
>> Why so?
>> 
>> > I think this idea would be really good for Perl 6,
>> > because, in my opinion, POD is lacking.
>> 
>> Could you please elaborate on this point?
>> 
>> POD does lack many things, but why is a javadoc based system
>> any better?
>
> I'd just like to say a couple things about my feelings on POD.
>
> POD is wonderful.  Here's why:
>
> [ Paean of praise for POD ]

I don't usually do this, but: WHAT HE SAID!