Re: Perl: friend or foe ?

Your first question is unclear. Perl doesn't get tired from being used a lot, if that's what you mean :-)

Perl's not being a compiled language (at least in the classic sense) does affect its performance. True, for some tasks it will never beat tightly-written C, but for *most* task it is good enough. And given the immense productivity and power of Perl, especially in conjunction with CPAN modules, it's worth it.

Give it a try. Write some programs. When you feel Perl is too slow for you, ask here. Seasoned monks often come up with tricks that make Perl fare very nicely in speed with other languages.

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Re^2: Perl: friend or foe ? by revdiablo (Prior) on Apr 24, 2005 at 17:45 UTC
Perl's not being a compiled language (at least in the classic sense) I'm not sure what exactly you mean by "the classic sense," but Perl is definitely compiled in the sense of the word that I know. Perhaps you meant, "in the lazy way most people use the word." I certainly wouldn't call that the classic definition, though. :-) PS: Sorry to pick a nit on a post whose substance I fully agree with, but I couldn't resist.	[reply]

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Re^2: Perl: friend or foe ?
by revdiablo (Prior) on Apr 24, 2005 at 17:45 UTC

Perl's not being a compiled language (at least in the classic sense)

I'm not sure what exactly you mean by "the classic sense," but Perl is definitely compiled in the sense of the word that I know. Perhaps you meant, "in the lazy way most people use the word." I certainly wouldn't call that the classic definition, though. :-)

PS: Sorry to pick a nit on a post whose substance I fully agree with, but I couldn't resist.

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