Precisly,

Having to call up the heavy duty C code highlights the point of my question. The perl code is not quick or 'strong' enough to cope with the heavy duty tasks. WHY?

Im not sure if im jumping out on a limb, but, with Java, it easy to write the code, test, re-write, re-test, and release. The one disadvantage is that after re-writing it has to be compiled again, BUT, its quicker in the long run if a big application was running.

Feel free to spank me on this but, doesn't perl only cope with some much smaller tasks, i.e. something that does not demand a high level amount of processing. If this is so, WHY?

MonkPaul

In reply to Re: Perl: friend or foe ? by MonkPaul
in thread Perl: friend or foe ? by MonkPaul

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