Since this is flamebait anyway, I'll pipe up as well with...

Since you talk as if you come from the Java camp, I will hold that assumption.

How much do you really know about Perl?
How long have you been programming?
How long have you been programming Java?
How long have you been programming Perl?
Do you know how to optomize your Java code?
Do you know how to optomize your Perl code?

The reason I ask, there is a Benchmark site (I cant rememeber for the life of me the URL, but it's a thorn in PM 's side), where the author compares I think about 20 languages to each other. If you look at l2kashe's scratchpad, Im pretty sure I have a function which created a hash of X values, and then reiterates and prints that list, thats run a few magnitudes faster than the Perl code from said site. Why? Because I knew simple optimizations.

Anyone can spout numbers to support their view... How does that infamous quote go?

Show me your flowcharts, and I'll remain ignorant of your data set.
Show me your data set and your flowcharts are useless.

Serious paraphrasing on my part, but the thought is there. If you wanna flame perl fine, you wanna remain anonymous, fine, if you want to actually have a conversation, print your code.


/* And the Creator, against his better judgement, wrote man.c */

In reply to Re: [flamebait] Use Perl wisely, not cleverly by l2kashe
in thread Use Perl wisely, not cleverly by Anonymous Monk

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