Re: Need some Help with Advocacy re: Java vs. Perl

[David Grove]

Java was certainly not the first cross platform language, though it claims
to be, nor will it be the last. It is, however, the most inefficient and
overmarketed.

Perl has been cross-platform since version 4 that I know of. It sometimes
takes half an ounce of effort to make it so, but it doesn't cripple you in
so doing. Perl has a natural flow, and is more of an expression than the
syntax and semantics of languages like Java.

Perl bytecode doesn't apply to cross-platformability. Just basic common
sense.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Cozens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 10:43 PM
Subject: Re: Need some Help with Advocacy re: Java vs. Perl


> Madeline Schnapp (lists.advocacy):
> >All that being said, one of the things that is happening around Java is
> >that bazillions of companies are using Java to create products which are
> >entering the marketplace en masse creating buzz.
>
> I've got it. Why has nobody mentioned this yet?
>
> Java sells because those stuck in the closed source world don't have
> to distribute their code. (Yes, I know, Perl bytecode. But realistically.)
>
> --
> The trouble with computers is that they do what you tell them, not what
> you want.
> -- D. Cohen
>