[geeks] Go Apple....

[Dave McGuire]

On July 29, jodys at helluin.org wrote:
> >   This doesn't mean it's a good language, or even the best choice for
> > ANY application.  As a case in point, I call your attention to
> > Windows.  It wins in some cases because suits smile when they hear
> > Microsoft.  This doesn't suggest that Windows is a good product.
> 
> Well that's not exactly the best comparison. Everyone uses 
> windows because of aggressive marketing and hype. 

  Well, i think it's a good comparison because I believe Perl's
widespread adoption is largely due to hype...but that's just a matter
of opinion.

> Perl gets used <opinion> because the first big cgi
> scripts were done with perl, and it became a language
> a lot of non-programmers used. This snowballed until
> cgi and perl were synonomous. </opinion> This is different 
> because Windows involves intent, and perl involves luck.      
> Kind of like the difference between murder 1 and 
> involuntary manslaughter. 

  Oh, how cheery. ;)

     -Dave

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