eToys.com
On Thu, 25 May 2000, Michael Nachbaur wrote:
> I'm in the process of designing an ecommerce system, and have several options on the
>table. Since I love perl/mod_perl/apache, my knee-jerk reaction is to write it in
>perl. However, in the best interest of the project, I need to look at other
>possibilities, and take an objective look at the problem.
>
> This site will have major traffic, will need to be extended and changed (a lot), and
>needs to scale very well. My experience with Perl (as well as what I've heard from
>other developers) is that Perl turns to spaghetti rapidly once you hit the 10,000
>line mark. I know Perl can handle the performance. What are your experiences with
>extendability and readability of code?
>
> Could someone also give me a quick list (or a link to where I can find a list) of
>some high-profile sites that use Perl, and pull it off? Theres a difference between
>a company using something successfully, and just getting by with something (Amazon
>comes to mind for a system just getting by...solving their pasta-problems by adding
>more developers).
>
> Thanks, I want to use Perl, but it has to be a justified decision.
>
> -man
>
