Sumanth,
Randy's response to your question ("...why perl?") is probably right on the
money. In essence, you try to pick the right tool for the job and as perl
has often been described as a "Swiss Army Chainsaw" of a programming
language, you'd do well to look into it for your project.
On a sociological note, though, you get points for the way you've asked this
question. You did it in one of the best manners possible. However, don't be
surprised at some of the enthusiasm you get back in some of the answers.
Remember, one of the best ways to start a knock-down, drag-out,
no-holds-barred, bar room brawl is to assert, amongst a group of
programmers, "*My* programming language is *THE* best..." (Hey, I wandered
into perl from a PL/1 background...so I know its good -- its much like a
comfy old shoe. <g>)
John --
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy W. Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 2:30 AM
> To: Sumanth Sharma
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Why Perl
>
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> Sumanth Sharma wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Can some list some points where perl really stands out from other
> > languages.
>
> erm, pick any perl (or python, or ruby, or ...) group and search the
> archives. This question has been asked in many forms in many places. The
> only place major differences are CPAN and community. Ruby is
> syntactically similar, but with a cleaner object model. Python & Java
> have large libraries, but probably not equal to CPAN. Pick a language,
> any language. As long as it has the features you need for a particular
> task, it's perfect for that task. Actually, don't pick one language,
> pick a dozen.
>
> Randy.
>
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