According to Michael Lazzaro: > On Tuesday, December 16, 2003, at 04:01 PM, Chip Salzenberg wrote: > >... an anecdote ... > >... and a public relations issue. > >Let us not confuse them. > > I'm not sure I understand which part of that is in conflict.
Speed is for users. PR is for non-users. You want speed? OK, we can talk about the actual speed you actually need based on your actual usage patterns. But from a design perspective you're a collection of anecote, not a user base; so your usage patterns may be irrelevant to Perl in the big picture. In a separate matter, non-users may perceive Perl {5,6} to be too slow for their needs; more to the point, they may *assume* that it is too slow without research and testing. That assumption is a public relations issue -- ironically, one which is fundamentally disconnected from the question of Perl's _actual_ efficiency. -- Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "I wanted to play hopscotch with the impenetrable mystery of existence, but he stepped in a wormhole and had to go in early." // MST3K