Having used PerlScript on windows as they have mentioned, the article glosses over just exactly what steps are required to get PerlScript onto a Windows machine and of course, not everyone is going to go and download and install it.

This article is really about trying to win more converts to its way of doing things by winning over elements of the Perl community. However considering the articles age (January 22, 1999) I think its clear to see it didn't (or wouldn't :P ) happen.

Showing client Perl is not a way of making friends and influencing people and so I'd just ignore it for the futile feature it is. As for the whole document, who honestly read it and though - wow, maybe Microsoft like Perl after all! And who can honestly argue that point when there are so many arguments against it?

Personally I've written a Perl ASP page and went back to plain Perl - there was just no point to it. I have to write ASP at work and using PerlASP is like buying a guard dog and neutering it with a hammer just before it goes on duty. The only use I, personally, can see is machine automation with WSH and thats exactly what I have done and will stick to.

But of course thats just my opinion :)

Update: added document age etc

In reply to Re: Re: What Does Microsoft Think of Perl? by simon.proctor
in thread What Does Microsoft Think of Perl? by Gurr

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