These results are a strong argument for using Perl. The key quote from the first article:

"Chelf was surprised, however, by the performance of the Perl language. 'Of the LAMP stack, Perl had the best defect density well passed standard deviation and better than the average, Chelf said. Perl had a defect density of only 0.186. In comparison Python had a defect density of 0.372 and PHP was actually above both the baseline and LAMP averages at 0.474.'"

Based on these results, using Perl will result in fewer built-in handicaps to producing quality code. Take that and slap it on your boss's desk.

Too bad someone can't get access to the bloated, buggy source code emitted by Redmond. I'd like to see this analysis performed on Windows.

In reply to Re: Perl of Near-Perfection by Scott7477
in thread Perl of Near-Perfection by samizdat

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