in reply to In Defense of Perl
Features and facts about Perl that may help your discussion:
- Perl 5.10 was released December 18, 2007 - perhaps not as antiquated as it is made out to be
- Perl is included by default in both Linux and MacOSX distributions which implies both stability and widespread use
- Perl ports are available for many other operating systems
- 18,000 modules available on CPAN (and many of them are very well written, tested, and maintained)
- Ability to include and use C/C++ code and XS modules
- Free for business/enterprise use (compare ColdFusion Pricing)
- More than 20 years of development
- Great defect density (see report)
- Passes the homeland security test (see results)
- ModPerl allows for Apache integration
- Apparently you already have a Perl codebase
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