Re: [SLUG] Perl splitting help

[Rick Welykochy <rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Jamie Honan wrote:

> I challenge lovers of Perl. What is your reason for using Perl
> instead of (say) Python? If your primary reason is that you
> know Perl, are used to it, and would find it too hard to learn
> another language, well haven't we heard that about a particular
> popular OS?

perl is older than python, I learnt it first, I like its
power, it enables a very good O-O/modular programming idiom
or paradigm, it is *much* faster in the dev and rinse cycle
than C/C++, it is v.high quality, its embeds nicely into
Apache, CPAN gives you heaps of ready-to-rock objects,
there is a considerable skill base available populated with
talented perl programmers.  (to enumerate a few points)

I am a language nut and have tried many of 'em. Perl is all
those things above and it's *fun*.

Python has its good points (Zope uses it as well), and it does
support a rigourous O-O paradigm. 

In the end, it is probably alot about "favourite colour" and
"getting the job done easily" - remember, programmers are lazy
beasts ;^)

I guess an interesting counter question (from which you would
learn even more) is this: Why is Visual Basic such an awful
language and why do language gurus laugh when you say you've 
written such and such in it? I know this is *not* applicable to
SLUG, since the VB virus has not infected Linux - nor is it ever likely
too - we hope and pray! ... but it is an interesting computer
language phenomenon or abberation.



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