PERL - (Really just a stone in the side, isn't it?)
- Posted by Joe Phillips <bubba at TXWES.EDU> Jun 23, 1998
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I am sure no one is offended by a person's desire to use PERL. I guess this little stripped down version of PERL ( we call it Euphoria) doesn't do what we want, we should find another place to play. (Please, do not let this infer that I think Euphoria is not serious. I know it is to me.) If you will go back to programming in PERL, you''ll have lot's of time to decipher your code. (While you are waiting on the programs to run!!!) I know, PERL does have so many other features. But the real test of a program is not how covenient it was to type! Number one, does it perform the function for which it was designed, at maximum utility? Number Two, is it sufficiently re-usable so as to decrease additional production and maintenance. Okay, I use mostly visual development products to achieve the aforementioned results. But sometimes I have to do some extensive OS coding. (And I like Euphoria for that.) If you want easy typing, develop a preprocessor or use a preprocessor already developed. Finally, I probably use Euphoria less than any of you. Frankly, that is the reason I registered it. I needed the additional lines to be subject to adequate error reporting. I love Euphoria, but it is not the best solution for my entire environment. However, I use it when I need fast, small programs. (Such as a print spooler that serves about 200 users. It checks a directory queue every 3 seconds and sends the files to the appropriate Novell Queue. I use this to print output created by an old NT client/server product that cannot print to the Novell Queues directly. It has saved us a ton of dollars and additional hardware.) Joe Phillips, Assistant Director Information Technology Services Texas Wesleyan University 817-531-4284