> In CLOS I don't even have to override > a function and then call the base version, > I can just use :before/:after methods. that is possible in Perl,

> In CLOS I don't even have to override > a function and then call the base version, > I can just use :before/:after methods. that is possible in Perl, too, with method modifiers: http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/Moose-1.19/lib/Moose/Manual/MethodModifiers.pod#BEFORE,_AFTER,_AND_AROUND http://search.cpan.org/~drolsky/Moose-1.19/lib/Moose/Manual/... in fact, Moose took many ideas from CLOS (and Smalltalk, Ruby, Perl 6, ...) you write: > When people say things like this about > perl they're usually talking from '98 or so > when perl was the most flexible game in > town. A lot has changed since then. true, but don't forget Perl itself has changed a lot, too.