Re^2: Use Getopt::Long even if you don't think you need to

[Aristotle]

in reply to Re: Use Getopt::Long even if you don't think you need to
in thread Use Getopt::Long even if you don't think you need to

It’s nothing to do with not knowing better, and much to do with the fact that 20 years ago computers were far more limited. Even today, in a script that generates submenus in my window manager’s root menu and is run every time I hover over the submenu item (and therefore needs to launch, run, and terminate instantly), I had to use Getopt::Std over Getopt::Long because the latter just plain doesn’t load fast enough. Similar concerns exist when writing CGI scripts, which is thankfully a genre in decline. Another related issue might be memory use – big modules eat more RAM just for being loaded.

Put in context as an anachronism, Larry’s justification seems a lot less irresponsible.