Perl has very little to do with assembly language. Assembly language is machine-specific, while perl is designed to run on any platform. If you write an assembly program for Linux, it won't run on DOS or Windows. So, even if the program is designed to do a very simple task such as calculate the value of PI. No file access needed. No internet access needed. No libraries have to be loaded. Just do a bunch of calculations and print the result to the screen. This assembly program will be fast, but it will only run on one specific OS. If you want it to run on just about any computer, then you should write it in Perl. If your goal is speed, then write it in assembly. If you want the calculations to happen inside a web browser upon visiting a website, then you should write it in JavaScript.

I like Perl, because it allows me to write programs that run on both Linux and Windows. And I am right now transitioning from using Windows to Linux. What better way to become familiar with Linux than to learn how to program Linux! It's like having a foot in the door. The cool thing about Perl is that if you are a perl programmer, you have full control over DOS, Linux, Windows, OSX, and you can also be a backend developer! Just have to learn ONE language. That's all.

In reply to Re: Assembly language by harangzsolt33
in thread Assembly language by SkinBlues

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