On 8/22/07, yitzle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/22/07, Solidzh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > My boss asked me to learn some Java but I said Perl can do anything > > that Java can do.So he asked me to write a driver for his wireless > > network card on Linux with Perl.I'm faint but,is there a way to do > > this? > > > > Thanks helps. > > I may be completely wrong, but I don't think Perl can do such low > level jobs. And even if it could, a driver probably would be better > with the speed and memory management that C provides. However, I don't > think Java can be used either. > > But then again, I believe in knowing many languages. Learning a new > language (especially one as wide spread as Java) is a great > opportunity. And if you get paid to learn, well, you're lucky!
To clarify*, any Turing Equivalent** language*** can replace any other Turing Equivalent language****, but sometimes implementation details get in the way (in this case the Linux Kernel expects a certain interface that neither Java not Perl can provide without giving up their essential nature). * or confuse, I can't decide which I am doing ** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_complete *** This even includes Conway's***** Game of Life: http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~bulitko/F02/papers/tm_words.pdf **** but is not guaranteed to be as efficient in terms of time and space ***** John not Damian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
