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-Mysql.pm and DBD::mysql implement two different approaches to
-communicate with an MySQL server. DBD::mysql is built upon the DBI, the
-generic Perl Database Interface. It brings you an identical interface
-to a broad variety of databases and is in this regard comparable to
-ODBC. The advantage of the DBI approach is portability and
-interoperability. Msql.pm is the elder species. It was written before
-DBI was available but it was inspired by an early draft of the DBI
-specification. As it has been circulating longer it is more mature and
-pretty stable. It's also more complete than DBD::mysql.
-
-Some day in the future DBD::mysql will probably be the clearly superior
-competitor in this package. Today you have to decide on your own about
-the trade-offs.