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Re: Embedded language support in LPub
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 8 Apr 2003 19:26:57 GMT
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On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 05:16:53PM +0000, Mike Walsh wrote:
> > it's true that Tcl is probably easier to read and support, over the
> > phone. Perl is more powerful, and therefor harder to understand what a
> > user is trying to do in his code.
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> Not just over the phone, live and in person as well. More powerful does not
> always mean something s better. Perl allows people to do a lot of
> processing in a very compact syntax. That can be a good thing or a bad
> thing. The usage of some of Perl's compact syntax can result in code that
> is very hard to understand - sometimes even for the author if they haven't
> looked at it in a while. Of course well commented code usually alleviates
> these types of problems but it is hard to depend on users to comment their
> code well.
I believe you can write unreadable code in any language - perl perhaps
makes it easy for you, but it also lets you write extreamly readable
readable code - just a matter of style.
[snip]
> Imagine a 7th grade class being introduced to ML-CAD and related L-Draw
> tools for a LEGO based computer project? Is that audience better served
> with a language like Perl or Tcl? Is a 7th grade class even a target
> audience?
I don't know - that's up to Kevin to decide. I think once an API is
written, it's not up to the author to teach how to code in the language
chosen. If it's a Tcl API, you should know Tcl. If it's a perl API,
knowledge of perl is assumed.
Which, btw, brings up another point - I don't have statistics, but I
think the perl userbase is much larger, meaning a higher percentage of
users would be able to use it. I may be mistaken though.
:)
--
Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com
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