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Re: Perl vs C

by repellent (Priest)
on Mar 15, 2009 at 03:37 UTC ( [id://750695]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Perl vs C

Perl's expressiveness lets you optimize development and maintainence time. Which other time is more precious?

Why Not Translate Perl to C?

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Re^2: Perl vs C
by JavaFan (Canon) on Mar 15, 2009 at 12:02 UTC
    Which other time is more precious?
    Ask yourself that the next time you're waiting for an application to finish or a webpage to load.
        Ask yourself that the next time you're waiting for an application to finish or a webpage to load.

      Right. Selfish me is more preoccupied with getting my job done quickly to get to other important things in life.

      Update: Clarification: more development time saved allows even more tests to be written, profiling done, etc. which lead to better code quality in the long run. Considering runtime optimizations to be top priority above devel/maintenance time is detrimental.

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