Re: One language vs. another on the Web...

Hi,

Check this white paper out:

http://www.scriptics.com/people/john.ousterhout/scripting.html

By John K. Ousterhout, the inventor of Tcl. Defenitely one of the best I've
come across.

-Srini


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From: Shaun L. Sides <arch(at)abts.net>
To: <hwg-languages(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: One language vs. another on the Web...


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| On 9 Mar 2000, at 10:58, Berk/Devlin wrote:
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| > 1.  Are my fears about scripting languages vs. "real" programming
| > languages justified?
|
| IMO, there are quite a few instances in which you can't find
| anywhere to draw a line between a scripting language and a "real"
| language.  Perl, python, tcl, ruby, and several others can all be
| used to develop any kind of application you care to name.  I think
| that maybe the best solution can be to combine interpreted and
| compiled languages.  Develop in perl, for example, then locate the
| bottle-necks and do those sections in C to improve the
| performance of the program.  There are things you can do with a
| line of perl that require pages of C code, which is one of the main
| reasons I say this.
|
| As for being left high and dry by the scripting languages . . . I don't
| see how.  The perl community is established, strong, and vocal,
| just to give one example.  If Larry Wall pitched his tent tomorrow,
| the perl would mourn but keep right on.  (I keep using that in my
| examples because it's what I'm most familiar with).
|
| > 2.  We all agree that developing using a real language will take
| > additional time.  Are "real" programming languages worth the
| > overhead?
|
| See above. ;-)
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