...i'm looking for ammo as to how Perl is better than coldfusion...

Be very careful here. You'll find yourself in a trap that many get into. You want to defend Perl, which is fine, but don't do so to the point of failing to acknowledge that other technologies have merit. I have a friend who hates the book "Advanced Perl Programming" because the author committed the heresy of pointing out Perl's strength and weaknesses versus other languages.

Don't get me wrong. I absolutely love Perl! But to blindly follow a path simply because it's the path you know is a dangerous road to go down. Many, many programmers that I have spoken with have defended their preferred language vehemently, only to later admit that it's the only language that they know well.

Perhaps what you may consider is not to compare Perl to ColdFusion, but to simply state why you love Perl and let it stand on its own merits.

Cheers,
Ovid

In reply to (Ovid) RE: Cold Fusion by Ovid
in thread Cold Fusion by Mork29

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