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Re: Perl vs. C ?



On Fri, 4 Jul 1997 beitamos@netvision.net.il wrote:

> Can you explain me what is Perl ? 

Perl is a language used for report and extraction, as demonstrated by the
names Practical Extraction Report Language or Pathologically Eclectic
Rubbish Lister.

> What are its strong and weak sides ? Can it be compared to C ? On what

Strong sides :

Text manipulation, Parsing, Associative arrays, Flexible stream handling,
very good stuff to put in pipes, array manipulation functions that would
drop your socks off.

Weak sides :
Speed (Interpeted language), Complicated Data structures, memory
management.

 > circumstances would you use Perl and when would you
use C ? > 	Thank you.
> 

I'd use C when I need a server that requires speed, flexibility and
effiency, I'd use Perl when I want to write a system administration
script.


www.perl.com for more information.

N.
 

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