RE: Write in C++ and DIE a DOG's death?? High speed box comming!

Posted in 1998

Narkinsky, Pat — Mon, 13 Apr 1998 13:56:08 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Well, Peter, which do you want? I wouldn't call C++ compact or Java trustworthy. How many times has the JVM in your browser crashed lately? OTOH, I have plenty of production stuff in PERL and have had zero, yes zero instances in recent memory where a Perl program "crashed". I second that. While I have not (yet) used perl with Informix, I have used it in many other circumstances, including CGI and Oracle development. I don't EVER recall perl crashing. I've been using it for 5 years, and can't remember it crashing ONCE for any reason other than programmer error. That's better than I can say for any operating system I've ever used. Patrick