Re: Comparing Perl with C#, a simple templating example

Every time when I need to deal with regexp, Perl is the only choice. Not just C#, Java also had regexp support added, but Perl's is the best to this point.

When you compare two languages, not only that usually regexp is just a small part of the language, but also it is not only about the language itself, most of the time, IDE is important for decision making, when you are looking at applications that exceeds a certain size.

I have to give Microsoft credit for its IDE's.

Without looking at the application you want to create, it is simply meaningless to say which language is better. It is all about the nature of the application, and which language supports its nature better. I may pick Perl for a project, but pick C# fr a different one. There is no best language, but better ones.

At one point, some people were saying that Java woul dprevail, that didn't happen; Before java, Ada was the only candidator for future, that didn't happen either.

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Re^2: Comparing Perl with C#, a simple templating example by jryan (Vicar) on Oct 17, 2004 at 23:20 UTC
When you compare two languages, not only that usually regexp is just a small part of the language, but also it is not only about the language itself, most of the time, IDE is important for decision making, when you are looking at applications that exceeds a certain size. Then why don't we use Java w/ Eclipse for everything? That's pretty much is the ultimate IDE situation you could have.	[reply]
Re^3: Comparing Perl with C#, a simple templating example by Boots111 (Hermit) on Oct 18, 2004 at 03:17 UTC
jryan~ One shouldn't use Java w/ Eclipse for everything because it doesn't fit every situation. Sometimes all you want for an ide is a read-eval-print loop. One doesn't always want the set of tools with the most features; one often wants the set of tools that fits the problem best. pg was merely pointing out that the tools that accompany a language are frequently as important as the language itself. After all, what is perl without CPAN? And on a side note, my computer is a lowly 1.4 ghz with 512 MB ram. I find eclipse to be too slow ;-) Boots --- Computer science is merely the post-Turing decline of formal systems theory. --???	[reply]
Re^4: Comparing Perl with C#, a simple templating example by jryan (Vicar) on Oct 18, 2004 at 16:35 UTC
One shouldn't use Java w/ Eclipse for everything because it doesn't fit every situation. ----- And on a side note, my computer is a lowly 1.4 ghz with 512 MB ram. I find eclipse to be too slow ;-) I know, I was being sarcastic :-P. You're exactly right. As much as I like Eclipse, it only turns Java from intolerable to tolerable to work with in my eyes. I'd still prefer to write Perl in notepad or pico (although I use jedit... mmmm jedit) than Java with Eclipse. You argue for a language just because it has a great IDE.	[reply]