Karanbir Singh wrote:
> On 06/15/2009 06:09 PM, Gary Greene wrote:
>> If you're looking for shear speed, C++. However if you're looking for
>> ease of programming paradigm with OO ideas, etc, then Ruby or Python. If
>> however you want a middle ground, go Perl. It is fairly fast (faster
>> than Python and Ruby), and is fairly extensible for talking to the OS.
>> Note however Perl's object framework leaves much to be desired from OO
>> purists.
>
> I know that there are a *lot* of reasons to run with perl, however if
> you dont already know it - I see *no* reason to learn it as a language
> anymore. You are much better off working with the likes of python (
> which isnt much slower than perl at most things ) or ruby ( which
> reduces the development time so much that its worth the slightly lower
> performance it has now - but thats also changing )
I still see CPAN as a huge plus for perl since it often makes it
possible to some very complex tasks with only a few lines of your own
code. But maybe I just haven't found the corresponding resource for
other languages. I think java might be close to a match but without a
central place to find it. And it is much more verbose so even if you
find libraries to do most of the grunge work you'll still be typing a lot.
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Les Mikesell
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