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> * Most CGI apps do text processing, where perl excels at
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> Well, if the trend continues we ought to learn Java some day :)
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Java is magnificent, but VERY BURDENSOME when it comes to doing any kind
of text processing or designing tricky structures. There are plenty of
packages and tools
Stas Bekman wrote:
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> Well, if the trend continues we ought to learn Java some day :)
Ha! Well they are going to have to make JServ operable at some point if
they want to replace Perl. Seriously, could they make their
configuration process more opaque? I went to the
Perl Domination in CGI Programming?
http://slashdot.org/askslashdot/99/10/20/1246241.shtml
It seems to be a good candidate to be posted on perl.apache.org site, and
to send people to, when the next "is perl/mod_perl good for CGI and why?"
question hits the list.
It was nice to see th