Selena Sol wrote:
>
> Not different. I think there are aspects of other languages that are
> "better" than Perl. To be specific, I think Java does a much better job at
> solving the problems of the enterprise application market. I also believe
> that this is a niche that Perl can and should enter because, at minimum, it
> would drive the language to improve. Not only is there lots of cool
> technology to write into Perl but this market has the funds to invest into
> R&D.
>
Could you elaborate on this? I've heard this comment (that Java is better
than Perl for enterprise applications) numerous times in the past, without
explanation. Exactly what is it about Java that makes it better in this
respect? Is it something inherent in the language? The support tools (IDEs,
profilers, etc.)? The modules/packages available for the language? The
commercial application base? Something else?
To be fair, we should make sure we have clear answers to support why we all
choose Perl in some other situations:
Q: Why is Perl better than C for prototyping?
Simple A: Elimination of compilation cycle; weak typing
Q: Why is Perl better than Java for text processing?
Simple A: Language features such as regular expressions, <>, join, split, etc.
-Jason
