Java Is Hazardous to the Health of Your Projects:

"Java, which is currently the most hyped programming language, fails to make the cut under these criteria. It's too new and it's proprietary. Does that mean that it shouldn't be used? No, but it does mean that it should be used only if the planned life of the application is relatively short -- definately less than five years. As yet, Java does not have the track record for stability that other programming languages have. Although there is a lot of marketing momentum behind Java right now, until a defined and stable standard emerges, it is a high-risk option compared with standardized languages."

The discussion I highlight above is an excellent reason to use C, Perl, Python, Ruby (etc.) in favor of Java, C++, C#, Visual Basic (etc.) on projects that are to be developed by a small team, and maintained for a prolonged period.

That said, there is a real reason why Perl is special, both as a language and as a community. Technical reasons include Perl's expressiveness and dynamism. Community reasons include a highly portable, cross platform, open source definition and implementation.


Mago
mago@rio.pm.org

In reply to Re: Java Vs Perl by Mago
in thread Java Vs Perl by Anonymous Monk

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