Re: Useage of Perl up or down?

[Johan Vromans]

> So why can't Perl be a better tool for XML jobs?  Is this something the
> Perl core developers should be looking into?  We certainly see a huge
> demand for XML and it is continuing to build.

Just some thoughts:--

XML requires Unicode, hence Java got a head start.

W3C is pushing very hard towards reference implementations in Java.
It is quite safe to start using a reference implementation, since
later there will be much better, but all compatible, commercial
implementations available.

-- Johan