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Rearranged chapter 2 to move CPAN section forward.
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Expand Up @@ -6,15 +6,16 @@ and Sybase, for example, Perl 5 had a real extension mechanism. Larry wanted
people to create and maintain their own extensions without fragmenting Perl
into thousands of incompatible pidgins--and it worked.

That technical accomplishment was almost as important as the growth of a community
around Perl 5. I<People> write libraries. I<People> build on the work of other
people. I<People> make a community worth joining and preserving and expanding.
That technical accomplishment was almost as important as the growth of a
community around Perl 5. I<People> write libraries. I<People> build on the work
of other people. I<People> make a community worth joining and preserving and
expanding.

The Perl community is strong and healthy. It welcomes willing participants at
all levels, from novices to core developers. Take advantage of the knowledge
and experience of countless other Perl programmers, and you'll become a better
programmer.

L<perl_community>

L<cpan>

L<perl_community>
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Expand Up @@ -27,14 +27,16 @@ distribution can contain one or more I<modules>, or self-contained libraries of
Perl code. Each distribution occupies its own CPAN namespace and provides
unique metadata.

=begin sidebar
=begin tip The CPAN is Big, Really Big

The CPAN I<adds> hundreds of registered contributors and thousands of indexed
modules in hundreds of distributions every month. Those numbers do not take
into account updates. In late August 2011, search.cpan.org reported 9171
uploaders, 99011 modules, and 23260 distributions.
into account updates. In late November 2011, search.cpan.org reported 9359
uploaders, 101656 modules, and 23808 distributions (representing growth rates
of 11.5%, 19.4%, and 14.3% since the previous edition of this book,
respectively).

=end sidebar
=end tip

X<search.cpan.org>

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