[Gllug] More Microsoft patents

[rich at annexia.org]

On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 11:50:38AM +0000, Tethys wrote:
> Much as I dislike the hype surrounding Java, even I wouldn't go that
> far. Perl, Python, CAML and others are all worthy languages in their
> own right, but Java does offer some advantages. Odd though it may
> seem, I'm going to claim performance is one of them. Perl's "write
> only" nature immediately rules it out as a serious language for
> implementing a project, IMHO. Python is much better, but is it
> really suitable for a large application server, for example? My
> personal opinion is that a suitable scripting language is usually
> the right choice for small or perhaps medium projects, and C is
> hard to beat for large projects. C++ and Java just don't do it for
> me, I'm afraid. Both have some advantages over C, but neither have
> sufficiently compelling advantages to warrant putting up with their
> flaws. Just MHO...

I don't really want this to degenerate into a language war, and
I actually agree with most of what you say, except one thing: Perl
is really not a "write only" language. Copyright law unfortunately
prevents me from reproducing sections of the schoolmaster.net code-
base, but suffice to say it was several 100,000s of lines of well
written, fully documented Perl code written by a team of up to 10
coders.

Rich.

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