On Sat, 7 Sep 2002 11:07:23 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob
Showalter) wrote:
>I wonder why there's so much traffic on this list about perlcc? Why do so
>many feel the compulsion to "compile" their programs?
My observations:
1. C compiled programs run faster, so many beginners
"think" that if they compile perl scripts, they will run faster.
I did too, it took me a week to give up :-)
2. There is no need to setup Perl with all the needed modules
on the machine that will run the executable. It get's kind of
annoying when you have to go to cpan 10 times, to get the
modules need for a script, or show some remote user how to
install them.
3. Hides the source pretty well.
My "perfect langauge" would be something with the ease
of Perl, (especially with arrays,hashes,and file I/O) and produces
c to compile.
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