From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4f316de357ae35e9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-05 12:07:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!prodigy.*.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr13.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: FAQ and string functions References: <3D4EBA9B.848B572D@san.rr.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: <41A39.28$Lx7.4736024@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.112.201.220 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr13.news.prodigy.com 1028574400 ST000 67.112.201.220 (Mon, 05 Aug 2002 15:06:40 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 15:06:40 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: OH\IRYOGTRUSP_@YMZJ\_Q\@TJ_ZTB\MV@BD]\YIJYWZUYICD^RAQBKZQTZTX\_I[^G_KGFNON[ZOE_AZNVO^\XGGNTCIRPIJH[@RQKBXLRZ@CD^HKANYVW@RLGEZEJN@\_WZJBNZYYKVIOR]T]MNMG_Z[YVWSCH_Q[GPC_A@CARQVXDSDA^M]@DRVUM@RBM Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 19:06:40 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:27722 Date: 2002-08-05T19:06:40+00:00 List-Id: > and your Ada can do it in 1 second, but you spend 10,000 seconds writing > the code to support that". How often are you going to run your code? Will the 1 second difference substantially cut your web server's capacity, or cause your trading system to sell those million shares after they've had a chance to drop another 10 cents apiece? Will it let the rocket crash, instead of soft landing on Mars? Is there room in your embedded sytem's memory for a Perl system? Has the Perl system passed the kind of examination and testing you would want before trusting it with your rocket? How long does it take to integrate Perl and that little program with the rest of the system? If it's separable, run rarely, not safety or time critical, and there's plenty of RAM & disk, then Perl certainly seems a better choice.