in reply to IO::Scalar vs IO::String
Have you checked what the CPAN testers have reported?
http://testers.cpan.org/search?request=dist&dist=IO-stringy
http://testers.cpan.org/search?request=dist&dist=IO-String
It appears both distributions work fine pretty much everywhere. I generally don't look at release dates, as they don't mean too much.
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