On Wed 20 Mar, Richard Torrens (RiscOS) wrote: > > Since the list is a bit quiet
Well, not really, not in relative terms anyway. Granted, it's not like comp.lang.perl.misc (thank goodness). > - what do peolle here use Perl for? Pretty much everything. I use it for all the small everyday data manipulation tasks I used to write Basic programs for, and all the ones I didn't bother to write Basic programs for because it would have been too much work. My main use is for web development, both online and off. I also use it for simple network clients, games, and puzzle solving algorithms. I even wrote a list based Game Of Life program in it once, but it was grotesquely slow - Basic has to be better for some things I suppose. My ambition is to develop a decent Wimp library in Perl, but until someone ports Perl as a language module it will remain impractical to write small wimp programs in it because each one would require such a huge wimpslot. Just imagine it though! Perl as a module would mean no ten second wait while it loads off disc *every* time, and the ability to run multiple Wimp programs and still have memory left. Basic would be rendered almost redundant as the core language. Ahhh, just the thought of it makes me feel warm all over. Maybe one day... *if* I keep my fingers crossed... > As James says 'Isn't Perl fun?'... It gives you so much power to do anything you want that it's almost magic. Well, *I* certainly get that Harry Potter feeling when I think of an excuse to write something in Perl. :-D -- James Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Based in Southam, Cheltenham, UK. PGP key available ID: 3FBE1BF9 Fingerprint: F19D803624ED6FE8 370045159F66FD02
