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Re: Perl as a Platform?

by cianoz (Friar)
on Jan 23, 2001 at 05:54 UTC ( [id://53646]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Perl as a Platform?

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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Re: Re: Perl as a Platform?
by sutch (Curate) on Jan 23, 2001 at 07:50 UTC
    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.
Re: Re: Perl as a Platform?
by dshahin (Pilgrim) on Jan 23, 2001 at 09:28 UTC
    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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