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Perlbox: A Unix Desktop Written in Perl

Posted by chrisd on from the more-than-just-system("bash") dept.

cascadefx writes "It appears that this programmer has created an Open Sourced Unix Desktop, PerlBox, written in Perl and Tk. I found this posted in response to an article on Perl Monks asking if Perl was obsessed with CGI?. Apparently not. Check it out, it looks pretty interesting." I wonder how fast it runs?

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  1. Re:Why?! by obsidian+head · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Once you take the fun out of programming, it becomes dull & peoples' skills progressively get worse.

    There's place in the world for enjoyable wizardry. That means programming is still an art.

  2. Re:I wish... by FortKnox · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Perl would kick Java's ass as a cross-platform app development language if it did

    Seems a bit trollish, but I'll bite. If I wanted to make a large maintainable and updatable cross-platform app, with lots of time I'd choose Java. If I needed a cross-platform app that needed to be up in little time, and was never gonna be changed, I might chose your PERL with GUI Abstraction.

    Honestly, though, I don't think it would "kick java's ass", its like compairing C and C++. Is one better than the other? Depends on how you use it!
    A quick and powerful scripting language versus a high level object oriented language?
    Apples and Oranges.

    Surprisingly, though, they appear to be competing. Parrot, perls next version, contains error handling similar to Java, and Java1.4 added regexp.

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    Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!