Hello Bod (and my even if late, warmest welcome to the monastery!)
Thank you very much indeed - I certainly feel welcomed by many long standing, esteemed Monks. Joining in rather than just observing occasionally is something I should have done a long, long time ago and I strongly wonder why I didn't whilst at the time speculating how much improved by Perl and general coding skills would be had I joined many years ago!
The author...wrote a nice introduction with comparisons too: why HTTP::Tiny
Thank you. I had already read that and it compares HTTP::Tiny to the full blown LWP::UserAgent. I totally understand the need for a smaller HTTP module which LWP::Simple provides.
It was CPAN's choice of HTTP module which confuses me when it has the option of both, it prefers LWP::Simple.