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Re^4: Bad Religion!

by Logicus (Initiate)
on Jul 26, 2011 at 17:37 UTC ( [id://916809]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


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Re^5: Bad Religion!
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 26, 2011 at 21:10 UTC
    Well, that's a great point. And since your up and coming aXML is its own language, you could implement it using a different tool besides Perl. Why not? Perl is dead, right? Why would you hang your star on a corpse's wagon when PHP is so obviously superior to so many people that it has risen to become the front runner.

    Surely PHP has all the tools available you would need. You can't be so reliant on Perl modules that you couldn't find a PHP alternative, right?

    Just imagine the benefits reimplementing it in PHP. You would obtain underlying language independence. Then and only then will it become clear that all these posts about aXML are essentially irrelevant to PerlMonks. The Monastery doesn't have anyone here evangelizing for Ruby, after all. And why not? It's a system that has a lot of nice features. Surely every Perl user would derive benefit from such a wonderful system as Ruby. Surely indeed. If aXML is ever to be taken seriously you will have to divorce it from its implementation constraint. Divorce it from a single basis language both in implementation, and in mindset. It's not a Perl tool. It's not a tool that should be pushed upon any particular "other programming language" group. It's a tool that should stand or fall on its own merits without any preconceived stigmas or validations derived from the language upon which it is implemented.

    Once you've realized that aXML transcends its implementation you will be able to start your own user groups in support of it. Let people be free to innovate both with aXML itself, as well as in implementing it however they see fit. Perl6 is a specification, and any implementation that passes the tests is Perl6. XML is a specification too, and any XML that validates is XML.

    I happen to see a healthy future for Perl. But you don't. You see decline. So jump ship. Set sail on the most beautiful and seaworthy vessel you can find. If that's PHP, great. Whatever you feel will be the best implementation for aXML is where you should be.

    I saw you mention that you would like to use aXML to implement a social site. Go for it. Who is stopping you? Who cares if it isn't fast enough yet. Let that become a problem related to your success. ...a luxury problem, as some like to say. Why not move forward, and work on speed improvements when your site has enough users to warrant it. Even then, as you mention, processing power is cheap; just throw more at it. A successful site will generate revenue adequate to keep its technological needs afloat, right?

    I really don't see technical challenges as the primary obstacle for a social site that you create and maintain a presence in. You've got at your fingertips a system that in a matter of hours would enable you to whip up something pretty impressive and compelling. Your challenge will be content and personalities.

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