Both Java and .Net have large core libraries for GUI programming. Perl Tk, on the other hand, is a fragile, optional installation. Both Java and .Net have a stable (though arguably worse-is-better) threading system, where ithreads still have implementation issues and rough edges.

I've written GUI applications in Java and I've written GUI applications in Perl Tk. There are advantages and disadvantages to both, completely unrelated to the syntax and semantics of the language. Certainly it's possible to write similar applications in both languages, or with a different toolkit such as SWT or wxWidgets.

Still, you're guilty of bad advocacy at the least if you ignore that practical GUI programming in Perl is harder than it ought to be.

In reply to Re^3: "Why Perl is better than Java & .NET" article. by chromatic
in thread "Why Perl is better than Java & .NET" article. by tomazos

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