RE: [Boston.pm] Perl v. Java...

2003-02-12 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 12:52 PM -0500 2/12/03, Wizard wrote: > Just remember when watching the perl6-language list that it's more performance art than actual language design... It's not a bug, just an "unscripted performance"? "Performances in this venue are less real than they appear" :) --

RE: [Boston.pm] Perl v. Java...

2003-02-12 Thread Wizard
> Just remember when watching the perl6-language list that it's more > performance art than actual language design... It's not a bug, just an "unscripted performance"? Grant M. ___ Boston-pm mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Boston.pm] Perl v. Java...

2003-02-12 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 1:03 PM -0500 2/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh well, I hear rumors that Perl six will fix some of these issues. Perl 6 will fix a bunch of the problems. And Parrot will make sure you've got a reasonably clean "out" if you need it, since I like to be able to cheat without playing sneaky

Re: [Boston.pm] Perl v. Java...

2003-02-11 Thread Erik Price
On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 12:02 PM, Sherm Pendley wrote: On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 11:04 PM, Erik Price wrote: Java doesn't let you just bust out what's on your mind -- I've discovered that you really have to plan out your application's public interface You say that as if

Re: [Boston.pm] Perl v. Java...

2003-02-11 Thread Drew Taylor
At 12:02 PM 2/11/03 -0500, Sherm Pendley wrote: On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 11:04 PM, Erik Price wrote: Java doesn't let you just bust out what's on your mind -- I've discovered that you really have to plan out your application's public interface You say that as if it's a bad thing, or

RE: [Boston.pm] Perl v. Java...

2003-02-10 Thread Wizard
> There's a long debate on the authenticity of that item and > InternalMemos in > general on SlashDot.com . Understandable, however the particular issues of backward-compatibility and memory footprint are still valid in my opinion (at least compared to many other competing languages). > And the

Re: [Boston.pm] Perl v. Java...

2003-02-10 Thread Bill N1VUX
There's a long debate on the authenticity of that item and InternalMemos in general on SlashDot.com . And the criticisms of Java aren't really that vicious if you read it closely. -- bill Wizard wrote: > > This is an argument I've been having for years with the 'Powers That Be'. I > finally

[Boston.pm] Perl v. Java...

2003-02-10 Thread Wizard
This is an argument I've been having for years with the 'Powers That Be'. I finally feel vindicated: http://www.internalmemos.com/memos/memodetails.php?memo_id=1321 Unfortunately, they don't seem to make the comparison between Java and mod_perl. Grant M.