I have no doubt that Perl can do the job for you, but your list of requirements is... well, not a list of requirements. There is no way you can know that you need "run-time definition of new classes and methods, without performance penalties" before you've even chosen a platform! Different platforms handle situations in different ways, and you should really do as the Romans (or Java programmers) do when you're in Rome. Right now, you seem to have a pre-conceived design based on what you know about Perl, which is fine, but don't bother pretending you are considering other languages then.

I'm confident that you could build whatever this project is in Java or ASP.NET. You could avoid the cost and most of the problems with Java by using open source tools instead of the expensive commercial products. However, if you have a good development team that wants to use Perl, just do it. If you are looking for help with political arguments that your managers are making against Perl, then ask for that.

In reply to Re: Choosing a Platform by perrin
in thread Choosing a Platform by drago99

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