As for me, I look to CPAN first. If there is something there, chances are that
- The author put some time in to it (so why should I duplicate his effort, wasting both my time and his)
- The author put some thought in to it (probably more that I would "hand rolling" a solution)
- The code is peer reviewed, meaning that gotchas have a better chance to be caught.
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It's always worth checking PPM for the CPAN modules you want - usually there's a PPM version for the less obscure ones.
Alternatively, some of the monks have their own PPM repositories which further extends the possibilities, see this thread for info.
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