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From: Matt Garrish on 29 Jan 2006 13:51 "Michael Redlich" <mike(a)redlich.net> wrote in message news:1138557337.031125.144070(a)z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > > Matt Garrish wrote: >> >> Wow, that has to be one of the stupidest assessments of Perl I've ever >> read. >> I would suggest you go back to discussing Java, because it appears you >> know >> little else. >> > > PERL - Practical Extraction and Report Language > Perl is not an acronym. http://perldoc.perl.org/perlfaq1.html#What's-the-difference-between-%22perl%22-and-%22Perl%22%3f > This is direct from > http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/Web/People/rgs/pl-intro.html: > Ahh, a quick Google for Perl 4 info. That's convincing. > > OK, so shoot me for giving an abstract overview of Perl. But I believe > that I highlighted the main point about the language, don't you think?. > > So, I would suggest that you should consider thinking *twice* before > criticizing... > The main point of the language? Text extraction and processing with regular expressions is such a tiny component of the language it's laughable that you continue to think you're somehow in the right. There is no text extraction by regular expressions for all the sys admin work you can do with Perl, none for all the database work, XML (unless your robic0, for those who follow clpm), dynamic web generation, bioinformatics, and on and on. As I said, if all you know is Java please stick to it and save us your uninformed and over-arching statements about other languages. Matt
From: opalpa@gmail.com opalinski from opalpaweb on 29 Jan 2006 15:10 Personally having used regular expressions for text extraction in a sys admin context and database work and dynamic web page generation, I assure other folks reading this thread Matt is incorrect in his assertions. In a sys admin context one example is when I extracted timezone information from a text file where it was stored. In a dynamic web page generation context I extracted connections history and sent out html. In a database context I used perl to re-engineer schemas on some very large databases using regular expressions all over. I haven't touched XML with perl and I haven't touched bioinformatics with perl, but so far, Matt, you are 0 for 3. Is your vituperative attitude popular among perl fans? Opalinski opalpa(a)gmail.com http://www.geocities.com/opalpaweb/
From: opalpa@gmail.com opalinski from opalpaweb on 29 Jan 2006 15:12 > no, you didn't. but what do you know about perl? Micheal, having evidenced some information, as compared to 0 from you, currently appears to know infinitly more than you. Cheers. Opalinski opalpa(a)gmail.com http://www.geocities.com/opalpaweb/
From: Matt Garrish on 29 Jan 2006 15:15 <opalpa(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1138565442.152139.46390(a)g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > Personally having used regular expressions for text extraction in a sys > admin context and database work and dynamic web page generation, I > assure other folks reading this thread Matt is incorrect in his > assertions. > I suspect I've used Perl a lot more and a lot longer than you. You aren't convincing anyone with the ridiculous examples you provided that Perl is all about regular expression parsing. Anyone who actually knows Perl knows who the fool is here. I don't need to keep my own count. Matt
From: Uri Guttman on 29 Jan 2006 15:42
>>>>> "ocofo" == opalpa(a)gmail com opalinski from opalpaweb <opalpa(a)gmail.com> writes: >> no, you didn't. but what do you know about perl? ocofo> Micheal, having evidenced some information, as compared to 0 from you, ocofo> currently appears to know infinitly more than you. evidence?! i don't need no steekin' evidence!! perl is used for so much more than text processing. it just happens to be the best text processing lang out there. you are like those kiddies who think perl is only used for cgi since it was the most popular cgi lang for years. that is typical of limited understanding of perl. take a look at cpan sometime. tell me what percentage of those modules are only for text processing. seems to be stuff in every conceivable technical field. i call that solid evidence. but i don't know if i can find the proper glasses for you so you can see it. so stop with the FUD about perl being a text oriented lang. it is such bullshit. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ uri(a)stemsystems.com -------- http://www.stemsystems.com --Perl Consulting, Stem Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org |