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- From: gperkins@netcom.com (Glen C. Perkins)
- Subject: Re: Readable Perl (was: Re: Relative Speed of Perl vs. Tcl vs. C)
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- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 21:55:44 GMT
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- Jonathan Scott Duff <duff@cbi.tamucc.edu> writes:
-
- >Glen C. Perkins wrote:
- >>
- >> opinions, fight it out. The result has been a significant
- >> expansion in the number of languages I use, rather than
- >> just using C for everything. (Actually, the truth is,
- >> it has expanded my repertoire enough that I *never* use
- >> C for *anything* anymore!)
- >>
-
- >Hmm... Why do you never use C anymore? It sounds like you
- >are fanaticizing over languages instead of just using the
- >right one for whatever job you have at hand.
-
- I don't use C anymore because I don't have any problems
- that C handles better than Perl or Java or Lisp or
- Delphi (which is for the whole system, not the Pascal.)
-
- If I wrote drivers or spreadsheet recalc engines, I'd
- use C. I don't. I use Java for web applets, Perl for
- CGI and local file processing utilities, Lisp for genetic
- algorithms experiments, and Delphi for commercial windows
- apps (series of vertical market products).
-
- Thanks to the availability of these wonderful tools, I
- don't use C for anything anymore. Are these the rantings
- of a "fanatic"? You be the judge.... ;-)
-
- __Glen Perkins__
- >-Scott
- >--
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- >Systems Programmer Fax: 512-994-2715 URL:
- >http://www.cbi.tamucc.edu/~duff/
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