Re: why not Java?

[Michael Slack <mslack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's not exactly true.  There are Tk and Gtk+ (Gimp toolkit) bindings for 
Perl.  While Perl/Tk has been around for a while, people that I have heard 
from about it seem to find it difficult to use (better to use Tcl/Tk, as Tk 
was designed for that).  Perl/Gtk+ seems to have a lot more potential; there 
isn't really any documentation available yet, although if you understand 
object oriented Perl, you can easily figure out how to use it from the Gtk+ 
documentation for C/C++ (of which there is a fair amount).

Now, whether Perl/Gtk+ is a good choice depends a lot on what you are working 
on.  If it is not an application that requires really high performance, then 
it might be a good choice.  Another good use is if you want to build a quick 
and dirty prototype first, and then build "the real thing" in C or C++ later.

Mike

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Michael Slack
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marshall@pacdemon.org said:
>  Unfortunately, PERL isn't for GUI.

> --  Wesley Leonard marshall@pacdemon.org