> How do you go about deciding if you > should use another tool such as C++ over perl?
You basically look at the advantages and disadvantages of different languages and decide which will be best for the task. For instance, if you wanted to write a quick script to generate a Template file and fill in some values (possibly by querying the user) it would be a nightmare to implement in C++ compared with Perl. At the same time, try programming a game making use of 3D graphics and hardware acceleration in Perl... It's probably not something you would want to do. You would want to use C or C++. So it all depends on what you are interested in and what you want to do. Do you want to do web development? You could write a CGI program in C++, but probably wouldn't want to (Perl or PHP would be a better choice). Do you want to create games and programs that a user can interact with from a web page? Better check out Java or .NET -- because a CGI script is done executing when a web page is displayed. The list goes on and on. C++ is a bad choice to use if you want portability without headache, Java would be a better choice (although this is not entirely true, Java can have its own quirks as well). So look and see what you want to do. And find a language based on that -Dan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
