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Received: by cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu; Thu, 4 Jan 1996 09:33:55 MST
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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 96 19:30 CST
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From: gep2@computek.net
Subject: How does Icon compare to Perl?
To: icon-group@cs.arizona.edu
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>Hi,I was wondering if anyone could tell me (that is, if anyone posts to
this group) how Icon compares to Perl (on the Mac, that is) in terms of
text handling capabilities and speed.
I can't speculate on speed (and least of all for the Mac platform), but
certainly in text handling capabilities Perl is a pathetic substitute for either
SNOBOL4 or Icon.
Gordon Peterson
http://www.computek.net/public/gep2/