Having worked with both Perl and Java, I can answer "yes, absolutely, Perl can" to all of those questions. The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network has plenty of modules to help.

However, since it sounds like you're asking about taking your software and team in two fundamentally different directions, I suspect you'll also have to take into account other questions like, what languages do the programmers on your team know? And if these are long-term projects, you should definitely investigate the two options further, i.e. try writing a program or two in each language to get a feel for the differences.

There are several Perl GUI APIs, see e.g. Perl GUI (2013). As for HTTP/app servers, many modern Perl web frameworks come with their own servers, but can also be integrated into powerful existing web servers like Apache. See e.g. UP-TO-DATE Comparison of CGI Alternatives.

In reply to Re: Can Perl do anything Java can do? by haukex
in thread Can Perl do anything Java can do? by MikeBraga

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