In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 02:57:42AM +0000, Dan Brian wrote: > > > > 2. Extensibility is one area where Perl has nothing to prove. It may be > > true that not everyone is an XS fan, but XS is not as difficult as some > > portray it. Nor is it the only way to extend (extend in the C sense, not > > the language sense Nat pointed out), given SWIG and Inline. > > Yeah, but you still need to use a different language (XS, C, or most > likely both) to extend Perl. I don't know Tcl, but it's my understanding > you can extend Tcl using Tcl. If that's true indeed, I'd say Tcl wins > with big points here. Tcl indeed wins big points there. however, i don't need to do that in Perl. let's all remember that Perl does not have to be the best at everything. other languages have different strengths because they evolved from different perspectives. that's a good thing. i'd rather a language pick some things at which to excel than try to be the best at all things and only be passable at them. :)
