It is my impression that Java is backed by Suns marketing machine, and the reality is that more code is actually written in Perl than Java - it just looks like Java is more popular because more people that don't actually write code have heard about it. Maybe that is why there are so many job ads for J2EE. All these managers that have heard that Java is the way to go, but there is a shortage of Java programmers - because among actual programmers, Java is not that popular except as a teaching language. Or a "yeah, its a great idea but its not there yet."

Poor old Perl with no hype and marketing machine behind it, is made to look like some kind of lowly scripting language - where in fact the reality is that it is wildly popular. How else would you account for the sheer size and coverage of CPAN? What is Javas equivilant of CPAN? Is there one? Where do you go to get Java libraries that check credit card checksums? Or do neural network simulations? Or do all the billion things you can do with CPAN modules? How else can PerlMonks be a PageRank 8 site? Where is Java's equivilant of the perl web network?

Or maybe I'm on crack, and don't know what I'm talking about.

-Andrew.

Andrew Tomazos  |  andrew@tomazos.com  |  www.tomazos.com

In reply to Re^2: "Why Perl is better than Java & .NET" article. by tomazos
in thread "Why Perl is better than Java & .NET" article. by tomazos

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