diff --git a/sections/chapter_02.pod b/sections/chapter_02.pod index bcf28877..81c34a4e 100644 --- a/sections/chapter_02.pod +++ b/sections/chapter_02.pod @@ -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 write libraries. I build on the work of other -people. I 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 write libraries. I build on the work +of other people. I 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 - L + +L diff --git a/sections/cpan.pod b/sections/cpan.pod index 4f2423cb..cbccf1e8 100644 --- a/sections/cpan.pod +++ b/sections/cpan.pod @@ -27,14 +27,16 @@ distribution can contain one or more I, 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 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