> The increasingly ubiquitous Java also can translate to > cheaper in-house or out-sourced support for a product. > What do you suppose the ratio of Java to Embperl > programmers is? I don't think you can count the Perl > CGI programmers out there as Embperl programmers since > they must not realize the weakness of CGI and perhaps > aren't ready to support a real web application.
Java is an easier sell, especially if you don't know who the possible clients may be. Say you are developing an application that will do something for you, and you hope to be able to sell it to various clients with licencing priviledges, then Java is an easy sell. For one, the code isn't available to them, so they can't mess around with what you did, and two, it will run on their Windows/Sun/Linux/UNIX machines very very easily. You don't even have to compile the program again. While it would take me about 3/4 to 1/2 the time to do what I am doing now in Perl, Java was the chosen solution, and I guess the more sensicle one too. -Akshay --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
