There are many views on this. 1) Well designed and implemented C will be faster if the application is CPU-intensive. Is this the case? 2) Have you profiled your Perl? Have you experimented with the Inline module? 3) What is the expected lifetime of the code? Is it worth the additional cost of development to use C?
- Roger - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Agustin Rivera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 5:10 PM Subject: C vs. Perl > Ok, the local Linux guru has proclaimed that C would be faster than Perl. I > know C is very effecient so I don't really doubt him, but my question is.... > would it make that much of a difference? I certainly wouldn't mind learning > C, the only question is would be worth the time to port our Perl scripts > over to it? Right now our setup is Apache w/modperl, and I'm getting quite > good at taking advantage of modperl's benefits. > > Hope everyone had a safe New Year, > Agustin Rivera > Webmaster, Pollstar.com > http://www.pollstar.com > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
