Your post is content-rich; I don't know where to begin...

First, I've noticed that any-sized projects can be in
any language, as long as the team is very small and
has a very low turnover rate... so then, perl can find
a niche in very large projects, but it's limited by
the business environment, perhaps.

Second, if perl were embedded into Java... I don't even
know what I'm saying -- if perl and Java were somehow
combined in an unholy matrimony... if it could be done
successfully... I would be ecstatic. I've noted that
Java really does lack things that perl takes for granted,
such as the regexp package (ported to Java, but it
doesn't give the same feel, does it?). And of course,
Java is static. That's a new distinction in my mind,
and I haven't fully realized its impact on my world.

And finally, the maybe-soon-to-be-ubiquitous-or-soon-to-die C#.
Have we all read Mr. Cringely's articles about that?
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20011101.html
Why does Microsoft sound more and more like some blend
of Disney, Amway, and some funky cult?

Rob

In reply to Re: (jeffa) 3Re: Perl IS a programming language, right? by rje
in thread Perl IS a programming language, right? by DaWolf

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