I forgot to mention, there are lots of Perl bioinformatics libraries in CPAN such us BioPerl, which are very useful and unique, I used them a lot to parse bio data. I used both PHP and Perl for Web development also, it seems to me Php is more friendly, just my 2 cents.
Maria Sent from my iPhone On Jul 25, 2013, at 8:25 PM, David Larochelle <[email protected]> wrote: > No response? > > I hope you guys didn't think I was trolling. I was really hoping that > someone on this list could point to a problem space (e.g. bioinformatics) > or an application domain where they could make a compelling case for > starting a new project in Perl. > > I would be concerned about the future of the language if no one can make > this case. > > -- > > David > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:59 PM, David Larochelle > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thinking about this more, I realize that marketing Perl to new developers >> will require there to be clear cases in which we can argue that Perl is the >> obvious choice. Usually, these type of arguments rely as much on community, >> libraries, and tools as core language. >> >> For example, the typical argument for Python in the data analysis space is >> that there are good well documented libraries (e.g. numpy, scikit-learn, >> matplotlib, nltk), there's a large data focused community, and that Python >> makes it easy to write programs quickly that run fast enough. Basicly they >> claim to be easier to use than Java and R while having better data >> libraries and community than Perl or Ruby. >> >> Is there a domain in which we could make a similar argument for Perl? >> Currently, it seems that the reason people code in Perl is because they >> know Perl or because they have an existing Perl code base. Can anyone come >> up with a use case in which we could make a compelling argument for >> building a new system in Perl as opposed Python or Ruby? What if other >> languages such as C++, Java, or Scala are available? >> >> (The best I can do is to cite the safety benefits from the compile time >> checking that Perl provides which Python and Ruby do not. This allows bugs >> such as typos in variable names to be caught at compile time. I don't think >> this would be enough though. The responses I imagine getting would be 1.) >> you should be using unit tests anyway or 2.) use a strongly typed language >> if you want compile time guarantees.) >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> -- >> >> David >> >> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 8:17 PM, David Larochelle >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Stevan Little's talk "Perl is not dead, it is a >>> deadend"<https://speakerdeck.com/stevan_little/perl-is-not-dead-it-is-a-dead-end>and >>> his recent follow on Perl >>> - The Detroit of Scripting >>> Languages<https://speakerdeck.com/stevan_little/perl-the-detroit-of-scripting-languages> >>> are >>> apropos. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:06 AM, john saylor <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> BEGIN {} >>>> >>>> On 7/22/13 19:14 , Bill Ricker wrote: >>>> >>>>> http://anonymoushash.**vmbrasseur.com/2013/07/22/the-** >>>>> rising-costs-of-aging-perlers-**part-1-the-data/<http://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2013/07/22/the-rising-costs-of-aging-perlers-part-1-the-data/> >>>>> >>>> >>>> this was good and interesting. not earthshaking but nicely done. >>>> >>>> in the sweep of history [as i know it], i view perl as a stepping stone >>>> on the way to the best human computer programming interface we can imagine. >>>> enough time has passed [and then passed again] for smart programmers to >>>> look at perl, take what is good and make something new that seems better. >>>> >>>> the wheel keeps turning. perl is still unique in many ways. i think >>>> [literary] artists and anarchists will always like it because TMTOWTDI. and >>>> to the practical minded; it just works [still]. >>>> >>>> programming language popularity is based on many things. the days of >>>> world domination are ancient history; but in so far as i can see the future >>>> [i can't], there will always be someone with a programming problem that >>>> will turn to perl for the answer. >>>> >>>> thank you larry. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> \js [http://or8.net/~johns/] : i am alive >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________________ >>>> Boston-pm mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/**listinfo/boston-pm<http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
