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Re: off topic - diff for html docs?
and I always thought that the face that Perl is easy to program with and
fast to learn was an advantage...
One more thing: about Perl not being fast - you can compile Perl programs
into binary form.
Regards,
Yannai.
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The Hebrew University High School http://www.leyada.jlm.k12.il/~yannaigo/
Si vis pacem, para bellum
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Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo wrote:
>
> > > This one I don't get. Why PERL might be not fast, is clear for me, but why
> > > your C program will be more robust, is unclear at all.
> >
> > Mostly because no green schmink who thinks he's an artist is going to
> > 'improve' it in his lunch break, inserting the worst security hole, a new
> > web worm and two trojan horses to fit through side by side in a cgi script
> > running on a server used by people with *initiative*.
>
> Am I right that you consider program being harder to maintain (by a green,
> yellow, red or any other colored or colorless shmuck, which as well could
> be you or me coming to some new workplace) a *benefit*? It seems teamwork
> guidelines are fatally broken in the place where you work. Sorry about
> that, but that's not Perl's fault, obviously ;)
>
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