On Apr 3, 4:28 am, sohguanh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi I am new to Google App Engine. I know it is impossible for one to > expect the App Engine to support all languages like C, C++, PHP, Perl > etc etc. > > I would like to know why currently only Perl and Java is supported ? > By only supporting Python and Java it is implicitly trying to ask > developers to learn the above 2 languages exclusively. > > I have no arguments against Java but choosing Python over others make > me wonder. Perl is quite established in it's own right so why didn't > it make it into the list ? Python whitespace is getting on my nerves. > > I admit I am biased to Python due to my Perl leanings but shouldn't > such an excellent language like Perl be considered to be on par with > Python ? > > I don't want to start a flame war. I am just curious on the choice > made to use Python instead.
Shortly after App Engine began (as python-only), there was a project to build a secured perl with the aim of making a perl runtime possible. It seems to be abandoned, presumably because the people working on it decided that a secure perl 5 wasn't viable. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
