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From: [email protected] (Forrest J. Cavalier III)
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Subject: [ANNOUNCE] CPAN entries added to Reuse Encyclopedia
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The Reuse RKT by Mib Software has expanded and improved, now including
listings for the more than 300 perl modules listed in CPAN.html.

The Reuse RKT is a "Reuse Encyclopedia" accessible for free on the WWW
at http://www.mibsoftware.com/reuse/

Software developers  use the "Rapid Knowledge Transfer" design of
The Reuse RKT for efficient awareness of reusable software. Take
advantage of what has been done before, and avoid the mistakes that
others already fixed: reuse software.

Advantages over CPAN.html:
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       - Easily "Browsed"
            Topic pages are short and focused.

            Instead of one long document with sections, 9 top level
            categories (Activity, User Interface, Strings, Math,
            Execution, Data, Communication, Hardware, Files) link
            to more than 100 sub-categories, each on a separate page.

       - More than Just CPAN modules
            Links to man pages for C library routines, including
               links to source code.

            Links to man pages for Unix utilities, including
               links to source code.

            Links to C and Unix frequently asked questions


       - Better navigate to what you want.
            Cross links to closely related topics allow
            successive selections to locate what is wanted.

       - Full text and titles only search of all the pages.


Please help keep the Reuse RKT increasingly useful by sharing tips,
URLs, ideas, and content.  The motto of The Reuse RKT is: "We don't
have everything....yet!"

Comments and feedback encouraged.

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Forrest J. Cavalier III
Owner, Mib Software
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.mibsoftware.com
Voice: 717 992 8824

Mib Software specializes in High Reuse Software Development. (We can develop
for you, too! Contact us.)

Mib Software pioneered the WWW site design concept of "Rapid Knowledge
Transfer" in April 1997 with the 600+ page Usenet RKT, a technical
reference site well known by Usenet Server administrators.  The RKT
design principles are described at http://www.mibsoftware.com/rktprin/