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From: Chris.D.Tenaglia@jci.com
Subject: Why Perl?
To: icon-group@cs.arizona.edu
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 08:54:05 -0600
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I think it was written by someone who didn't know that icon was available.
They reinvented a bumpy retread wheel that still got from point A to point
B.
After that, the rest has "marketing" and "evangelism". Yes, O'Reily helps a
lot. When you get Freeware Internet suites and Web Server software on
CDs, PERL is always there. Having a web page and ftp site are useful, but
not as effective for mass distribution and indoctrination as a million CDs.
Once they print "hello"; they're hooked. ;-) And once the sys admins make
it their corporate standard, icon is like a 3rd party. And then training
companies
teach PERL but not icon, just reinforces the glum situation.
Chris Tenaglia, technical analyst, Johnson Controls
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on 11/07/2000 08:45 AM ---------------------------
NOSPAM.frank@binartek.com on 11/06/2000 12:44:07 PM
To: icon-group@CS.Arizona.EDU
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Subject: Why Perl?
I have used Icon for over a decade. Recently, I went through the Perl
tutorial. For the most part, I am amazed that Perl has become the dominant
language for text processing. About the only area where Perl could be
considered to Icon is in report generation, and even this advantage could
be
obtained in Icon with the appropriate library. Why, then, has Perl become
so
popular while Icon remains (relatively) obscure?