perlquestion mattr Dear Monks, <P> In "DATABASE ACCESS WITH [cpan://DBIx::Class|DBIx::Class]", the [http://search.cpan.org/~mramberg/Catalyst-Runtime-5.7001/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Tutorial/CatalystBasics.pod|Catalyst Manual] says, "Although Tony Bowden's [cpan://Class::DBI|Class::DBI] has been the traditional Perl ORM <i>(object relational mapping)</i> engine, Matt Trout's DBIx::Class (abbreviated as "DBIC") has rapidly emerged as the Perl-based ORM technology of choice. Most new Catalyst applications rely on DBIC, as will this tutorial." <P> As it happens I've always used CDBI and HTML::Template but Catalyst likes DBIC and Template Toolkit so I'm planning on doing the switchover. <P> I don't mean to start a flamewar, but I'd like to know why. I've felt CDBI is too slow. Any monks with experience using both in or outside of Catalyst? Thanks.