At 12:44 PM -0700 7/2/01, Sean Chittenden wrote: > > The fact is, Perl is a lot more mature than even Java, and is more prolific >> a language than any other for sophisticated web application development. >> >> I would really like to see you inject an honest discussion of Perl into your >> series on web development. I think you will find that, although unglamorous >> compared to its better publicized peers, Perl is a preeminently capable >> environment for building object-oriented (yes!), sophisticated (yes!), >> database-connected (yes! yes!) web-based applications. > > Errr... ruby's a real OO language and has all of the same >database connectivity that Perl does, and is easier to extend in C. mature (no!), prolific (no!)..... Rob -- "A good magician never reveals his secret; the unbelievable trick becomes simple and obvious once it is explained. So too with UNIX."
