From: "Matt Kettler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> At 10:28 AM 3/11/2004, Mark A. DeMichele wrote:
> >I think it would make it more easily installed and run on multiple
> >platforms, especially Windows.
>
> The latter half (re: windows) is true, the latter half is debatable. I've
> seen more unix boxes with perl support than java support..
The whole statement is questionable. MS does not ship Java with their
Windows boxes anymore. At that point the Java advantage dissipates.
> >Not to mention the source code would probably be a lot more readable. As
> >you can tell, I'm a Perl novice. I'm a pretty advanced java and Delphi
> >programmer. I can program and read C++ and C, but I don't do it a lot so
> >I'm not as good. I'm learning C# which it pretty much the same as
> >java. I've also programmed in many other scripting languages. I have to
> >say, that reading Perl code is probably the most difficult code to
> >understand, excluding assembly language. I give you Perl guys a lot of
> >credit. I'm not sure I could ever efficiently write a full Perl
> >application. The code is so strange looking.
>
> I thin the "code would probably be a lot more readable" is a very
> subjective thing. I know a smidge of perl, and am a excellent C and C++..
I
> find Java extraordinarily weird and tough to read, as I don't know the
> language.
Ditto. But one advantage for perl is that it is a string handling
language from the gitgo and the problem is one of string handling.
Ergo perl is probably optimal. (Although - I know REXX really well
so for me it'd be ideal. {^_-})
> And, lets face it, the sa-devel team is for the most part perl
> programmers.. I'm sure several know java, but I'd be surprised if they
were
> all as good at java as they are at perl. So, in doing a port, you'd need a
> new devel team.
The best tool job that you know how to handle is the right tool to use.
{^_-}
