What is there to say? Perl was given a chance, but the Java solution outperformed the Perl solution by an enormous margin. It could very well be that it would have been possible to create a Perl solution that is as efficient as the Java one, but at which cost? Obviously it was beyond the capabilities of the people implementing the Perl solution.

What would you want these guys to do anyway? Invest a lot of resources implementing the site for a third time, just because you got a hunch a Perl solution could be faster? Unless you create one yourself and show it to them, there's no way they'll switch back to Perl. It wouldn't make any sense for them.

Abigail

In reply to Re: Perl verus Java by Abigail-II
in thread Perl verus Java by punchcard_don

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