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Re: perl's forte

by nothingmuch (Priest)
on Mar 19, 2004 at 02:04 UTC ( [id://337865]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to perl's forte

I've been holding this in for quite some time, but here goes.

Every once in a while I read a flame war because of a thread like this, and It's becomming hard to follow.

In general, there is one rule of thumb - if you like it, you're probably going to use it.

At the bottom line, my opinion is that the forte is with the programmer's ability to understand the language, and use it well. If Perl's freedom gets to you, making you write sloppy code, maybe you should switch to Java. If you think C is too tedious for getting a job done, Perl sounds like the way to go. There are countless arguments such as these two, and all are legitimate.

My two cents is that you should just try the language, and see what it does to you. Perl is very nice in that it keeps many surprises hidden for you, and you grow into it. I prefer it for nearly any task and scenario. But this is because I find that it is the least limiting and time consuming for my style, and what I've had to do so far.

I don't think you'll have an easier time making up your mind about it by asking.

Update: . o O ( Why is the root node being downvoted? I think it's a perfectly legimate question. It's just that we get it often. If that's the reason, maybe you should point kiat to the Super Search page, or even to actual nodes. )

-nuffin
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Re: Re: perl's forte
by kiat (Vicar) on Mar 19, 2004 at 02:39 UTC
    Thanks, nothingmuch!

    I've been pretty much puzzled why I get downvoted for genuinely wanting to seek views on something that I'm interested in or for asking questions that appear silly to some but are stumbling blocks to me.

    If everybody knows perl equally, this site will become redundant. So when I get downvoted for asking a question on perl, I wonder why.

    I think it would be really illuminating to the author of a node if people who downvote it can let on why they judge the node as deserving a --. I mean if you bother to downvote, you certainly can afford the energy to critique, can't you?

    On that note, I thank you once again for sharing your views and for bringing the subject of downvoting up :)

      You really can't figure out why people would downvote your node? You basically said that you think perl is unpopular for web development and slow. No, not in so many words, but that is the implication, and of course a statement like that is going to annoy some people on a site for perl users.

      If you honestly just wanted to know what people think perl is best at, why start with a bunch of negative (and untrue) comments? Why not say how much you are enjoying using perl and start from there instead?

        If you honestly just wanted to know what people think perl is best at, why start with a bunch of negative (and untrue) comments?
        Huh? I'm not quite sure if I had started with a bunch of negative (and untrue) comments. I read some responses at http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/04/03/18/2140252.shtml?tid=126&tid=169 and that set me thinking about perl's real strengths.

        I like perl for what it is and I use it for a lot of programming-related tasks. I'm amazed at how easy it is to get things done with a few lines of code. I've no reason to want to be negative about perl.

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