> However, I would have to say that I "feel" like coding > middleware in Java > is easier and more standardized, and well documented.
OK, so what are we missing? I feel like we're getting pretty close to standardisation of middleware development with environments like POE (which rocks, but is under-documented and still quite hard to grok), but maybe there's more we can do - and having people like yourself who cross the divide can only help if you give us more information :-) One thing I know is missing in the XML world is an equivalent to JAXP. Hopefully we'll put that right fairly soonish. I guess there's equivalent issues in the whole Perl "middleware" environment, but we don't really know what they are. _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.
