Re: Perl as a Platform?

IMHO perl needs a consistent and complete os independent I/O interface (for example: how do i print in perl?) and a nice and os independent windowing toolkit (ok, Tk is os independent but i said nice :-) to be considered a "platform" (whatever it means)

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Re: Re: Perl as a Platform? by sutch (Curate) on Jan 23, 2001 at 07:50 UTC
Perl is a viable platform. Though the majority of my applications are now for the web. Users print using File > Print from their thin client (web browser). Windowing toolkit--one big window, with various tables rendered in HTML tables. On the backend, Perl can access most any storage, from dbm files to databases through DBI. And the middle-tier business logic written in Perl is portable to most any OS, as long as Perl is available for it.	[reply]
Re: Re: Perl as a Platform? by dshahin (Pilgrim) on Jan 23, 2001 at 09:28 UTC
yeah, I'm also a little hazy as to what constitutes a "platform". I hate buzzwords, but it is still a legitimate question. insights?	[reply]