in reply to Perl: friend or foe ?

I was wondering just now, how well perl code can cope when its under constant use. Im refering to its ability to process a lot of information and cope better than some other languages like Java or C++.

Does it leak memory? Yes, every non-trivial computer program written in any language will leak memory under some situation.

Your better question is "Is it more likely that a given application in Perl will leak memory than the same application in any other language?" The answer is a resounding No.

Reason: I don't do memory allocation by hand, so I, the programmer, can't screw it up.

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