JAVASCRIPT Versus Perl..and the victor is......

[VspecGTR3]

I have begin to think that anything javascript does perl can do and some more... is this true? i have seem really powerful java chat rooms with nice graphic interface can perl do this witht he nice interface?

 

[fishiface]

Perl is best for server-side stuff and java excels at the client-side - ie within the browser (poor pun intended). The combination in unparalleled once you get your head around the various quoting tricks needed to get legible javascript inside a perl cgi script.

Perl is also very good at generating code and I've solved a number of otherwise intractible problems by having perl generate javascript code on the fly.

Good luck!

 

[Haunter]

I agree.

Read the MAN pages on eval{} it is an extremely powerful command and easy way to built not only javascript code on the fly but PERL code also on the fly.

Fun Stuff

 

[PaulTEG]

Me 2,

<script language=&quot;JavaScript&quot; src=&quot;cgi-bin/genjs.pl&quot;>
</script>

genjs.pl can then deliver script segments based on data parsed from previous messages