Of all the languages I've had dealings with over the years... perl took the cake for ease-of-development.
CPAN is by far the greatest asset I've ever had in the programming world. For those who may play down perl's power (especially with mod_perl), lay some smack down using notes from Stas' tutorial at OSCON. mod_perl *IS* the Apache API (just, in perl). It's just as powerful, and even more so when taking CPAN into account, as writing your own module for apache in C. There are also some links on the perl.apache.org site of companies that use mod_perl in a production environment. Many well recognized names and high traffic sites there. -----Original Message----- From: Randal L. Schwartz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 9:01 AM To: Eric Lenio Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: advantages of mod_perl over java servlets >>>>> "Eric" == Eric Lenio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Eric> I'm trying to point out the advantages of mod_perl over a Eric> solution based on Java servlet technology to my client. Can Eric> anyone provide any quick links/ information to help me out? Well, well-designed mod_perl as a technology is similar to JSP as a technology, in terms of keeping the algorithms buried inside an Apache process for rapid access. However, the real advantage is that you get to program in Perl rather than Java. :) Seriously, Perl means more actions with fewer lines of code (Perl density versus Java density), true open source (if it breaks *anywhere* you can fix it or pay someone to fix it), and you get access to the CPAN. -- 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! -- Report problems: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html List etiquette: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/email-etiquette.html -- Report problems: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html List etiquette: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/email-etiquette.html
