On 24/02/2019 15:48, Mayayana wrote:
> 2) What do you need in the result?
>
>   Anything that compiles to native code is efficient. Java
> and .Net are bloated messes on desktop but just the
> ticket server-side. Script is quick and very useful,
> but it's interpreted, with limited data types, and therefore
> not suited for heavy lifting. They all have their pros and
> cons. Well, except maybe Perl. That's just too ugly to be
> allowed to survive. :)

Perl allows line-noise code, but then so does C.

Honestly, it's perfectly possible to write readable Perl code that is
easily maintained.

Like with anything, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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