Randal L. Schwartz said: >>>>>> "Gavin" == Gavin Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Gavin> I have just read this famous peice: > > Gavin> > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=3882&mode=&order=&thold= > > I'm pretty sure that Eric Raymond is not fully aware of > test-first-development and Test::More and proper module packaging of > Perl. Otherwise, he wouldn't keep spouting his "Perl sucks for big > projects" mantra.
Good to hear the other side of the coin. > > Perl's object model is complete. Perl scales well to large projects. > That Eric Raymond was unable to get it to scale is more telling about > Eric than about Perl. :-) > I say this even though I consider Eric at least a strong acquaintence, > having met him on quite a few occasions. Eric is doing a disservice > to the Perl community though, and on that, I cannot let stand. Of course. > -- > Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 > 0095 > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> > Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. > See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl > training! > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
