Re^4: There's Only One Way To Do It

Not that I'm a huge fan of Java as a language, but...

Currently Perl is supported on hundreds more platforms than Java. "Write once, run anywhere" is still a myth for Java, but practical reality for Perl.

This, of course, depends on what platforms you're interested in running your applications on. While Java runs on fewer platforms than Perl (although I don't think it would be hundreds fewer) it runs on several useful platforms that Perl doesn't run on at all (the opposite is of course also true).

I think you'll have to be a lot more creative if you're trying to come up with examples of applications that Can't Be Done In Perl.

How about anything running on the 100 million Java/Symbian devices that Nokia are going to be shipping this year :-)

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Re: Re^4: There's Only One Way To Do It by eserte (Deacon) on Apr 13, 2004 at 11:56 UTC
How about anything running on the 100 million Java/Symbian devices that Nokia are going to be shipping this year :-) It seems that Nokia is not too happy about Java. See here.	[reply]
Re^6: There's Only One Way To Do It by adrianh (Chancellor) on Apr 13, 2004 at 13:03 UTC
It seems that Nokia is not too happy about Java. See here. Interesting - if it wasn't for the inconvenient fact that it's not true (well, the Perl bit anyway - they're targeting Python :-) Due to its size and architecture I think it's unlikely that you'll see Perl 5 on small devices like phones. Perl 6 via Parrot - much more feasable.	[reply]