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The reason I pointed out that Ruby and Smalltalk do not have these issues is because they are dynamically typed languages that are more comparable to Perl than strong and staticly typed languages like C++. If I need raw performance or tight integration with the underlying OS, C or C++ may be the way to go, but I'd still prefer to limit those to specific domains and write the bulk of the business logic in a dynamic language. As a result, I won't quibble with you regarding C++. My issue is that there are certain classes of problems that Perl has that other dynamic languages don't have and those problems are magnified in larger systems. Telling me that I need to hunt around and find the particular solution for the particular Perl-specific problem is little consolation when that problem goes away by not choosing Perl. Heck, read what Paul Graham has to say about Lisp. While I certainly don't agree with everything he has to say, I wholeheartedly agree with his "some languages are better" assertion. I know this for a fact. I used to program COBOL. Cheers, New address of my CGI Course. In reply to Re^4: The Limitations of the CPAN
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