>>>>> "Robert" == Robert F Conabee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Robert> In the end we had converted the display portion of the site to Robert> Java servlets, but all of the back end data collection and Robert> delivery to off-site web-servers remained in Perl. Once we Robert> took a critical look at cost/benefit of replacing Perl on the Robert> back-end we quickly realized that it was a better choice: the Robert> code had been running reliably 24/7 for 2 years, and the Robert> regexp parsing tasks would have been much slower and less Robert> flexible if implemented in Java. This is precisely the kind of stories we need for Perl advocacy. I hear about this stuff *all the time*. But maybe it's because I'm listening in the Perl groups, where we only talk about the projects that worked. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!
