Re^2: Perl "with" Java

well, as opposed to Python / Ruby etc... which seem to also be very popular, but in my mind stand a bit in the middle ground and are neither as good at the swiss-army-chainsaw stuff as Perl
On what basis do you make that claim? Personal experience? Studies comparing the two languages? Popularity?

Bit of each, although Benchmarks game doesn't really back up what I am saying - so i guess it is mainly personal experience. The main point everyone seems to be making is that learning more languages, gaining experience and forming your own opinions and finding what works for you is the key lesson. This is the opinion i have formed (so far), that's all.

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Re^3: Perl "with" Java by jethro (Monsignor) on Nov 24, 2009 at 13:25 UTC
I don't see what the execution speed measured on the benchmark website has to do with whether Python and Ruby occupy the middle ground. Except that that cleary shows that neither Python, Ruby or Perl are fast enough to be a substitute for C++ (or Java) in time critical code. My (nearly uninformed) guess is that Python and Ruby can't compete with Perl on the low level aka sysadmin stuff but have the same limitations as Perl in really big projects	[reply]

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Re^3: Perl "with" Java
by jethro (Monsignor) on Nov 24, 2009 at 13:25 UTC

My (nearly uninformed) guess is that Python and Ruby can't compete with Perl on the low level aka sysadmin stuff but have the same limitations as Perl in really big projects

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