On 25-May-2000 Michael Nachbaur wrote:
> This site will have major traffic, will need to be extended and changed (a
> lot), and needs to scale very well. My experience with Perl (as well as what
> I've heard from other developers) is that Perl turns to spaghetti rapidly
> once you hit the 10,000 line mark.
I don't think this is a perl-only problem. I also don't think this is a problem
inherent to any high level language. Large projects get messy due to poor
planning and bad programming. Why would Java or C (or any other language) not
suffer from the same problems as Perl?
> I know Perl can handle the performance.
> What are your experiences with extendability and readability of code?
Again, this is a function of the development team not the language. I've
developed some large scale web applications in Perl (intranet so I can't link
to them) and I have no problem with extensability and readability. Again, it's
just a matter of properly planning things before you write that first line of
code. I just wrapped up the third version of some web discussion forums we use
at Tivoli and had no problem adding new features to the application.
> Could someone also give me a quick list (or a link to where I can find a
> list) of some high-profile sites that use Perl, and pull it off?
http://www.slashdot.org
http://www.deja.com
> Theres a
> difference between a company using something successfully, and just getting
> by with something (Amazon comes to mind for a system just getting
> by...solving their pasta-problems by adding more developers).
>
> Thanks, I want to use Perl, but it has to be a justified decision.
>
> -man
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