Philip S Tellis thus wrote: > ok, hope this answers the question. I was going to include the entire > list, but it went into several pages, so I'll just put the number. perl > has been ported to 76 operating systems/architectures. It has been > tested and verified on most of these.
HI, I'd just like to add that platform independence is more of "writing platform independent code" You can have a platform independent development language (like perl or java) but it is still possible to write platform specific code. A simple example (a perl script) would be hardcoding the file path. Using ActivePerl in windows a platform dependent programmer (huh?? :-) would hard code the file path using backslashes, while on linux he would hard code it using slashes. But fortunately there are perl modules available, which allow you to specify a file path which will work on all machines supporting perl. So, be it perl or java, the gist is to "write platform independent code", and leave the nuances of machine architecture to the compilers and interpreters. Thanx, -- arc_of_descent ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
