On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 3:53 PM, steve <[email protected]> wrote: > > the C programs does the same job with 23 system calls >> the perl program takes 160 system calls to just print the line "hello >> world" >> on screen >> > > The intent of reply was to point out that ... > > the C programs does the same job with 23 system calls >> > *plus* the number of syscalls it would take for gcc to convert text to > executable > code, which is what perl does on your behalf. So, comparing number of > syscalls of the > final executable is not a valid measure of appropriateness of a langauage. > > did that make any sense to you ? If it didn't I am sorry, I can't be more > clearer than that.
I never did speak about comparing number of syscalls to the appropriateness of a language. The point I was making was the efficiency one looses when one uses a scripting language. And some times the efficiency one loses, decides how many server you deploy to server x number of users? Does that make sense to you? If it didn't I am sorry, I can't be more clearer than that. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
