As processor speeds continue to creep up and memory becomes even more abundant the need to be efficient in terms of cycles and memory decreases. As a result it will typically be more efficient to use a very high level languague like Perl to get stuff done. This is because IMHO you can get a given task done faster in Perl than say trying to do the same thing in.....ASM, C, C++, Java in roughly that order. So it will be more efficient/cheaper to do it in a VHLL.

If you look at the Microsoft .NET framework you will see that they are abstracting like mad adding Intermediate Languague, Bytecode and JIT compilation layers into their language model - it makes Perl look positively like a thoroughbred race horse. But then I am a firm believer in the intel/M$ consiracy. M$ write more and more bloated software in slower and slower languages to justify people having to by faster and faster intel hardware.

cheers

tachyon

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In reply to Re: Perl's Longevity by tachyon
in thread Perl's Longevity by lacertus

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