Perl is much faster than Python, and it is especially good for string manipulation. Thus, I would have chosen Perl.

WJW 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Almost everybody knows python these days, almost nobody knows Perl. It's not weird that OP chose a language they already knew.

	▲	johnisgood 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I am not saying it is weird, I was just responding to parent with regarding to "string manipulation", and someone mentioned "performance", so I stated two facts about Perl. I do not care whether or not this project is written in Python. Sure, he chose Python because he is more familiar with it. That is fair enough to me.

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a2128 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I would've chosen Java because it's faster than Python and is good for string manipulation. My cousin would've chosen Brainfuck because he's really good at it. Alas, this discussion is useless because none of us are the one who spent the effort to write the Makefile formatter and linter, we can only bikeshed all day about what decisions we would've taken

	▲	johnisgood 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		For the 100th time, I was responding to "[...] python and it is easy to do string manipulation with.". Perl is way better to do string processing in than Java, too, FWIW. My comment has absolutely nothing to do with this project or its author, nor the language he has chosen. See the other comments in this thread.

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elteto 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Perl is absolutely not faster than Python, not even for regexes.

	▲	johnisgood 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It really is though. When I was on the journey to find the fastest interpreted scripting languages, Perl and LuaJIT were one of the fastest ones, meaning Python is slower than both of these languages.
	▲	rurban 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Perl is always faster than python. Python is just absurdly bad in performance

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exe34 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Would you be willing to share the link to your repo?

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johnisgood 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I have not written a Makefile formatter and linker in any languages.

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exe34 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, I thought so. It's much easier to criticize than to create.

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johnisgood 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It does not invalidate anything I have said, and this reasoning of yours is so flawed.

For example: I thought this or that music or movie sucked. I do not need to know how to make a song or a movie to be able to criticize it, let alone have one in a similar vain, same with books. I can criticize a book, or an article, without having written one myself on related topics.

All that said, where did I criticize? I did not criticize anything, at all.

I stated facts. Perl is indeed faster than Python, and Perl was indeed made with string manipulation in mind. I made no comment about this project or its author, thus, it was not a criticism of any sort.

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exe34 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you regularly offer your directorial opinions to movie makers and singers? Or is it just programmers?

	▲	johnisgood 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I do not care about movie makers and singers in general, and for the most part I do not have direct contact with them, so it would be futile to offer any advice. I did offer advice to a couple of singers before though. What is your point besides being unnecessarily defensive over two simple, stated facts? As I said, it was not a criticism of the author or the project, it was a response to your comment. Since this is going to lead nowhere, I am going to stop responding to this thread.

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pjmlp 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I will remember that the next time some voices an opinion at the sports bar.