Because these days it's not just a phone. It's a hand-held computer in its own right, and thus you might want to program something for it yourself. I happen to like the direction cell "phones" are going, but I know a lot of people don't.
But as I noted in another post, Perl isn't suited to such a constrained memory environment. I'm surprised they considered putting it on there at all.
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Besides, why should I care whether Perl is in my Nokia phone or not? I have a Nokia phone and I can use the phone to call other people, and other people can call me on the phone. It does it work well. Why should it matter to me whether there's Perl under the hood or not?
Boy, that must be an old phone! :)
I, personally, haven't seen a phone release within the last three years that does ONLY calling (in and out). Phones that I've seen are packed with functionality like contact managers, organizers, image, music and movie players and recorders, games and whatever else one could imagine. Modern phones are powerful pieces of equipment and having a proper tool (read: perl) for handling them is a sure plus in my book. :)
Your opinion might differ of course. :)
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But it's the functionality (and its quality) that matters,
doesn't? Who cares if the functionality that you wish is
driven by Perl or not? As long as your phone can make phonecalls, make coffee, and remove pimples, does it matter
whether it's programmed in Perl or Python?
Let's phrase it this way. If you buy a table, do you care
about the brand of hammer the carpenter used? Or is your
care about what the carpenter produced with the hammer?
If I buy a phone, I care whether the programmer did a good
job. I don't care at all whether he used Perl, Python or
Cobol for the job.
Abigail
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But it's the functionality (and its quality) that matters, doesn't? Who cares if the functionality that you wish is driven by Perl or not? As long as your phone can make phonecalls, make coffee, and remove pimples, does it matter whether it's programmed in Perl or Python?
I understand you point and agree with it.
On the other hand, it seems to me that you don't expect more then just a phone call functionality from your phone. :) I have more requirements for the phone I use and these requirements are not all satisfied at this moment. If I could have a tool that I am good with I could take care of myself.
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