IMHO perl needs a consistent and complete os independent
I/O interface (for example: how do i print in perl?) and a nice and os independent
windowing toolkit
(ok, Tk is os independent but i said nice :-)
to be considered a "platform" (whatever it means)
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Perl is a viable platform. Though the majority of my applications are now for the web. Users print using File > Print from their thin client (web browser). Windowing toolkit--one big window, with various tables rendered in HTML tables. On the backend, Perl can access most any storage, from dbm files to databases through DBI. And the middle-tier business logic written in Perl is portable to most any OS, as long as Perl is available for it.
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yeah, I'm also a little hazy as to what constitutes a "platform".
I hate buzzwords, but it is still a legitimate question.
insights?
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Java is 'platform independant' because you don't compile
a Java binary, you compile Java byte-code which is in turn
interpretted by a Java virtual machine. Each platform has
to have it's own virtual machine written for it.
Since Perl does not have to be compiled, it is somewhat
'platform independant' - a print is a print, whether
you use ActiveState, MacPerl, or good ole /usr/bin/perl.
But don't try to fork on Win32. ;)
I'm also a little hazy as to what constitutes a "platform"
According to whatis.com:
A platform consists of an operating system, the computer
system's coordinating program, and a microprocessor ...
An Intel processor with Windows98 could be considered a
platform, as could a Sun box running Solaris. In short, a
platform is the achtecture and the OS (or multiple OS's)
together as one conceptual entity.
By that logic, Perl is not a platform. It is, IMHO, a
high-level programming language. :)
cianoz: have you seen POE yet?
Jeff
L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
F--F--F--F--F--F--F--F--
(the triplet paradiddle)
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