Hello Monks!

This is just another newbie doubt and thoughts, if this post is like a flame for you, then it's probably my poor english being misunderstood :)

The reality is: I LOVE Perl and would like to extract all it's power funcionalities.

I am beginning my CS course, and it's time to think about the future. I really love Perl, but now, Perl's weakness (in my little view of the language) is growing large to me. I will try to explain below.

I have never professionally programmed with Perl (or any other language). I use quite a bit Perl like a hobby and for personal projects.

I am doing a project, a simple HTTP Object Server, to embedded a MIPS emulador in it, and the user interface with it via browser. This is a simple project, but I thought much to make a real good abstraction, and design the objects.

I began to divide into modules, and creating classes. The goal was to make a simpler code, reusable and good to maintain. With a half hour of code, I stoped. I was feeling disgust with to much variables like $self->{'var'}[0], with re's, and eteceteras. WIth some experience in Perl (the necessary to make something a little more legible), I wasn't doing someting that would be interpreted FROM ME, some months after. I was feeling (in the first time), angry with Perl.

After, I began to make the projects using simple Modules, like Module::do_something(), $Module::var. It was more legible, and I'm keeping the development within this road.

Perl is powered, flexible -- but this all have a cost.

I stoped in the final of the road: the road is divided in two other roads: the left, more Perl, and the right, Python from scratch.

I need to do real world general problems solving, with a good abstraction layer.

Do I need to study more Perl, to do something reusable, pretty, inteligent and simple to understand and maintain? Do I need to find scary alternatives to threads? Do all the manuals, books, tutorials and articles read worth the time spend?

I need a direction from you, experienced monks. I am lost :)

The big doubt to me: is Perl good for large general projects (more than 100 lines)? And more than 10000 lines?

If it is, I'm doing a terrible job, I am terribly incompetent, with 2 years of Perl in the pocket.

I would like a response, from who used to drive Perl in real world projects, (no, CGIs and WebSites NO. except these).

Say to me, monks, please. If NO, I will keep the Perl from cool little stuff and dinamic websites.

Thanks all you, for the damn good comunity. You rules.

In reply to Line noise, large code-app and the real world issues by Anonymous Monk

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