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• Back and forth, perl and Java
  2005-03-07 10:40:58  kenjanuski1 [Reply | View]
  
  
  I'm always impressed with the speed of coding in Perl when I go back to it, as I have recently. But I'm also equally impressed with how easy it is for it to become indecipherable hours after writing it.
  
  I don't find that in Java, though I don't have the opportunity to code in it as much as I'd like and can't say I'm anywhere near as proficient in it. Given the choice of coding one or the other though I think I'd choose Java, if for nothing else than because it forces me to at least consider exceptions.
  
  All in all though I find it interesting to go back and forth between them. Recently tried to learn Python but just couldn't sustain any interest in it. Maybe when I absolutely have to use it for something.
  
  
  

• Benefits
  2005-03-07 01:19:34  peterhickman [Reply | View]
  
  
  Quite frankly I have yet to see any benefit in using Java. There is nothing it can do that can't be done in Perl, Python, Ruby, C/C++ or a massive list of other languages.
  
  If I am going to learn a new language then I expect to be able to do something that I cannot with an existing language. Or perhaps get paid another 10k for having ot on my CV.
  

• Not since 95 or 96
  2005-03-04 01:05:50  bensyverson [Reply | View]
  
  
  OO makes for long and ugly-looking code (to this programmer anyway). It doesn't help that Java was spectacularly and audaciously useless on the Mac for many years... Perl is my language of choice, for its concise nature, aesthetic appeal, poetic leanings and the wonderfulness of mod_perl. Although standard C is fascinating to me aesthetically, as it can look radically different in the hands of different coders...
• Not since 95 or 96
  2005-03-04 04:54:12  MSchienle [Reply | View]
  
  
  I'm pretty much "all Perl, all the time" these days. I'm old enough that FORTRAN was the language of choice when I was going through college, and have developed a fair number of apps in FORTRAN, Ada, C/C++, IDL and a few others. Perl's integration with the web via CGI and LWP, and databases via DBI keeps me very productive.

• how much i use java
  2005-03-03 21:37:43  Jacob_Santangelo [Reply | View]
  
  
  I am currently learning how to use Unix with os 10 but further then that i don't do anything else with java. maybe later though...

• Only C
  2005-03-03 19:12:02  tommythecat [Reply | View]
  
  
  Used to use java when I did web and database stuff, but now I'm working on operating system stuff, so C is my only option, although this summer I may be working on an OS that uses C++.

• Not an option
  2005-03-03 17:57:59  paulgittings [Reply | View]
  
  
  Not an option at my current employer ... more's the pity.

• More of a Perl/C/C# type of guy myself.
  2005-03-03 15:45:53  Okef [Reply | View]
  
  
  Not yet messed with Java, I find I can do anything I want with Perl or C or .NET Framework.