>> Selena said:
>> So what is left for Perl...a language of SAs? Okay fine...but what an
>> uninspiring community to be involved in.
> Abigail retorts:
> Far more inspiring than the community of the web weasels.
Ha ha ha.. okay okay, I'm lame for that comment. It just goes to show that
SAs are totally unappreciated :) Sorry all you SAs out there!!!!!!
Regardless, I think Perl can be much more than a SAs language.
>> Is it going to be a glue language? Not likely. Can you say SOAP or
.NET?
>> Can you say SunOne? XML?
> Sure I can.
>
> But you know what the strength of Perl as a glue language is? It doesn't
> require the parties speak SOAP. Or XML. Or something else. Perl is a
> superglue. It glues anything. It doesn't say "you can talk to me,
> but only in XML".
>
> Perl talks XML if you want it to. Perl talks SOAP if you want it to.
> Perl talks to any database you want it to. Perl talks all network
> protocols.
I don't buy this. I think this is the definition of glue in 1985. I think
Perl needs to look at how others have taken the idea of glue to new
places....
>> Selena:
>> The strength of Perl as a glue language has not gone unoticed by its
>> linguistic competitors. They are doing a fantastic job developing
>> infrastructures to pull the rug out from under Perl.
> Abigail:
> Yeah, but Perl *is* an infrastructure. One that can fit anywhere, and
> that can be tailor made without too much of a problem. That's the power
> of Perl.
>
> Just because there's the network of interstates doesn't mean 4x4s are
> no longer needed.
I honestly don't get this. Can you expand?
>> Selena wrote:
>> I don't think that Perl has to give up its soul, culture or personality
to
>> enter new niches where it can thrive. But it will change. But isn't
that
>> natural? Isn't that good?
> Abigail replied:
> Not when it's change for the sake of change.
I don't think I am advocating change for change sake. Have I come across
that way?
