[PLUG] OT: How many of you are programmers?

[Navin Kabra]

> Another one would be how to make the choice of the right programming
> language for your application. Like do I use Perl or PHP or Java for
> writing
> a web application? Or what to choose when I want to write systems based
> scripts - Perl or Python, and why?
>

Dhananjay Nene (see
http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/2008/09/commentary-on-python-from-a-java-programming-perspective/or
http://blog.dhananjaynene.com/2008/07/performance-comparison-c-java-python-ruby-jython-jruby-groovy/)
is planning on giving a talk on this topic ("Which programming language to
choose, and why") within a week or two. I'll post details on this list once
they are available.

navin.