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On 06/10/2012 05:00 PM, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:
>
> But perl is here now and it is what is used for string
> processing more than anything I would think.

C is here now and it is what is used for networking S/W more than anything.

COBOL is here now and it is what is used for financial S/W more than anything.

Popularity is hardly a reason to choose a language.

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Jeff Carter
"C++: The power, elegance and simplicity of a hand grenade."
Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen
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