getting in touch with module author

patcat88 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

How do I get in touch with A. U. Thor? His email bounces. He writes 1000s of perl modules and is a tireless perl programmer but they are all crap IMHO, and I'd like to send him a message about it.

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Re: getting in touch with module author by raybies (Chaplain) on Apr 01, 2011 at 12:04 UTC
Contacting THOR is religious matter between you and your hammer. And we don't know where that hammer's been, so please keep Perl out of it.	[reply]
Re: getting in touch with module author by cdarke (Prior) on Apr 01, 2011 at 12:02 UTC
And a happy April 1st to you too. I would not worry about the modules, they all do the same thing: "Perl extension for blah blah blah".	[reply]
Re: getting in touch with module author by cavac (Parson) on Apr 01, 2011 at 13:19 UTC
He must also be the guy who does all the programming in our department. The number of modules grow, the documentation (whatever little exists anyway) sucks and he never answers the phone. And today, he switched our web-interface language to yoda-speak. Oh wait... i'm the only guy in my department who knows Perl. Never mind...	[reply]
Re: getting in touch with module author by vkon (Curate) on Apr 01, 2011 at 11:43 UTC
... but seriously though - have you seen modules of this author on CPAN? its a shame to find these, but at least you could contact them via RT and their CPAN handle.	[reply]
Re: getting in touch with module author by sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Apr 01, 2011 at 17:25 UTC
Looks like he needs to confer with E. D. Itor ... and to file more work with T. R. Ashcan. (This is certainly no place for P. H. Pee.)
Re: getting in touch with module author by sumeetgrover (Monk) on Apr 01, 2011 at 10:57 UTC
Why don't you rather write a better one?	[reply]
Re^2: getting in touch with module author by jpl (Monk) on Apr 01, 2011 at 11:10 UTC
Today is 1 April. In the US, at least, it's a day when people play silly tricks and write mock articles.	[reply]
Re^3: getting in touch with module author by sumeetgrover (Monk) on Apr 01, 2011 at 11:18 UTC
LOL. That was a good one mate!	[reply]

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