Maybe we should stop the perl or not to perl decision. Microsoft does endorse perl nowadays and even some of their tools are written in it but it is a kind of alien language on windows. It always was and will always be (I suppose). I do use it quite extensively for certain operations but only because nothing else is available. I agree with Michaels points, perl is just not a native windows app and so are perl applications. As a Windows user I would prefer something like /NET and only use perl if all else fails.
Wim -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Beau E. Cox Verzonden: maandag 17 mei 2004 1:04 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: [xmail] Re: Xmail reports -- anyone have a wish list? On Sunday 16 May 2004 07:00 am, Michal Altair Valasek wrote: > |And finally, for the $64000 question: Can you explain me WTF=20 > |difference does it make for a report tool, that reads text files and=20 > |spits HTML (and that it is absolutely not performance critical), the > |language that it is written in? > > It's not important what language uses the given application. Runtime=20 > is what is important. So far, so good. > > For typical Windows system administrator, running Perl or Java=20 > application is pain in the ass. The runtimes are complicated to=20 > install and setup and tends to break any given security architecture=20 > existing. WHAT? Have you installed Perl on Windows from ActiveState (http://activestate.com)? What is so hard about that? Three or four screens with a few simple options. Are you upset because it wants to install in c:\Perl and not in your magic c:\Program Files? WELL, CHANGE IT TO c:\Program Files by hitting the browse button right there on the screen. I just don't understand your problem. And the 'security issues' - what are you refering to? I can write insecure .Net apps as well as secure Perl apps on windows. I don't think security issues are tied to perl. If your up to it, please give examples of security problems caused by Perl. > > In the above situation, installing such runtime is a truly religious > experience: you can't understand it, you must blindly faith in it. I would recommend going to church for religious experiences. Is this remark prompted by your lack of abliity or ignorance or both? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
