Oh yes in the last period I have seen that other languages are more and more used comparing with perl. I can see more and more programs made in Python, including in fields in which there are no perl programs at all, like a screen reader for example. I see a bigger and bigger interest in Ruby and Ruby on Rails framework and a good promotion of them.
So I think that Perl should be also be promoted because otherwise less and less programmers will become interested in it. Teddy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hahn, Christopher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alvar Freude" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "mod_perl list" <modperl@perl.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 2:32 AM Subject: RE: Web development platform contest and Perl / mod_perl ...and yet I wonder if the gentleman is correct in suggesting that "It would be good for the reputation for mod_perl and Perl" If so, then while it might not be the smartest thing in everyone's opinion, I would still like to see Perl stand out well against other tools! Just my $0.02 -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Vanasco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 4:07 PM To: Alvar Freude Cc: mod_perl list Subject: Re: Web development platform contest and Perl / mod_perl On Nov 14, 2006, at 6:10 PM, Alvar Freude wrote: > Hi mod_perl and Perl users, > > There is an international contest and comparison with scientific > evaluation about programming languages (and frameworks) for web > development. > > <http://www.plat-forms.org/> honestly, that contest looks ridiculously stupid and ill conceived. any developer worth hiring knows that different languages/platforms/ frameworks are better suited for different tasks. if you build '1 web application' under 20 languages / frameworks, you're sure to have some frameworks handle it amazingly well -- and others horrible -- all because of the design specs. If you tweak the parameters of that application ever so slightly, you'll easily flip the results. You'll also run into issues where benefits/limitations aren't from the languages themselves, but from frameworks built on top of them. Honestly, i don't understand how someone could hope garner an objective comparison of any two platforms by simply comparing a 30hr project across different implementations. // Jonathan Vanasco | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | FindMeOn.com - The cure for Multiple Web Personality Disorder Web | Identity Management and 3D Social Networking | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | RoadSound.com - Tools For Bands, Stuff For Fans Collaborative Online | Management And Syndication Tools | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.5/534 - Release Date: 11/14/2006 3:58 PM
