On Sat, 14 May 2005 17:57:19 -0400 Jason Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perl is incredibly good at mangling text. Because much of shell > scripting is input/output (pipes) manipulation, you might as well use > a language that has all of that plus excellent built-in regex. > Considering that other languages now include PCRE (Perl Compatible > Regular Expressions), it should tell you something about the ubiquity > of Perl. Beyond that, it has all the socket-level stuff you'd > probably ever need, and even has good OO support. Oh, and of course > there's this little thing called CPAN. ;-) Because every language has PCRE, its not really a selling point for perl. Python, ruby and pike are all just as good at "mangling text". And perl's OO support is awkward and ugly, although you could make the argument that the rest of perl is too. > I love this comparison of Perl Vs. PHP. Although not directly > applicable to your question, it does give a number of reasons (from a > developer's POV) why Perl doesn't suck. No, it explains why PHP does suck. Pointing out the flaws in PHP doesn't make perl good. Adam
