Re: perl vs php. just the facts, ma'am.

[Adam Turoff]

On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 06:06:04PM +0200, Abigail wrote:
> Now, I do *not* think Perl should go the Java way. I don't really care
> Java is "big" and Perl is "small". I don't think Perl has anything to
> gain by battling Java for the same market. 

This point should be stressed.  Converting Perl into "Java Killer 1.0"
leads to a type of intellectual monoculture that can't be healthy
in the long term.  In fact, it leads to a come-from-behind mindset
which many Perl advocates have accepted for years now.  

Perl thrives.  Perl solves real problems today.  Perl is solving
more problems today in more domains than it did last year, two
years ago, or ten years ago.  And that trend is continuing.

Are other languages and software thriving?  Yes.  Does that aversely
impact Perl?  Not necessarily.

> Let Perl be Perl.

Amen.

Z.