CPAN - This Day In History

Aug 1, 2022 · 56 min · Episode 79 · 53.8 MBExplicit

0:00-56:03

Streams straight from the publisher. podnod never proxies or re-hosts episode audio.

CPAN was the first open-source software module repository. And on this day, Aug 1st, in 1995, CPAN was first announced to a private group of PERL users.

If you are building things today by pulling in various packages from various open source places – and really, who isn't – then the history of how this world came to be is essential.

Episode Page

Support The Show

Subscribe To The Podcast

Join The Newsletter