in reply to Re^2: Company considers recoding Java app in Perl
in thread Company considers recoding Java app in Perl

In this case, I'm pretty sure the OP was referring to execution speed, not development speed.
  • Comment on Re^3: Company considers recoding Java app in Perl

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^4: Company considers recoding Java app in Perl
by willyyam (Priest) on Aug 13, 2005 at 18:39 UTC

    True, I was. I may well have used Java apps that were fast, but I didn't notice. I do notice waiting 15-45 seconds for a page to render in my browser. I'm not trying to spead FUD, and you're point is well made. I think that the issue for the company that is switching to Perl is memory footprint - which is only tangentially related to speed.

[reply]
      When you use mod_perl or FastCGI, Perl's memory footprint is also quite large. Perl has other advantages, but I don't think it's a clear winner over Java in terms of memory usage.
[reply]

        I think the issue is space-on-disk, not RAM.

[reply]

In Section Meditations