perlmeditation
mrmick
Hello fellow Monks,
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I'm ashamed to say that it's been a long time since I have logged in here. The "real" world had taken priority for a while but I promise to come and visit more often. This has been a great place where one could talk to others who share the same passion - PERL PROGRAMMING! :-)
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Now to the meditation part:
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I had recently visited ActiveState again and see that they are really pushing Visual Perl for Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET. (I also noticed that they put a bit of a hefty price tag on it - but that's another matter for another time).
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What are the benefits of integrating this wonderfully robust language called Perl into Visual Studio? It seems (although I may be mistaken) that this 'plug-in' as they call it is only meant for web programming. Perl is MUCH MORE than a web programming language.
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How well does Perl perform on this platform? Can we add and use modules?
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What I'm asking from everyone here is to share your opinions. You may not agree with me but that's what makes this all fun and informative.
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