I think you give RMI and it's ilk too much credit. I know of a few big (millions plus use them) portal RMI apps and for the most part are very slow and fragile. (SOAP anybody?) Not saying that Java is worthless by any means but I think you give it too much credit. The write once run anywhere promise is still a bit of a tease.

I think the flexibility and shear momentum of the Perl community will keep Perl gaining ground. I don't think utilizing Perl for network programming is a dying craft at all. Then again, that's just my opinion.

-Lee

"Then again WDIK. ™"