From: "Berger, Daniel" <djberge@...>
Date: 2002-09-17T20:42:11+09:00
Subject: RE: Java vs. Perl vs. ...

 
> The "Use Perl" website (use.perl.org) has a small entry 
> commenting on a Java
> vs. Perl test for performing string processing.  The Perl 
> site [1] says the
> Java site [2] shows the Java source code for the match-up, 
> but not the Perl
> source.  After some requests, the Java author released the 
> Perl code to the
> Perl folks (though it does not seem to have made it to the 
> original Java
> site).  It's on the Perl site [1].
> 
> Not surprisingly, the Java site [2] claims the Java code is 
> better, as it
> ran the test case faster.
> Also not surprisingly, the Perl folks believe the Perl code 
> is really not
> quality code and can be optimized to do better than Java.
> 
> Just thought I'd mention it ...

The problem with the article, as several have pointed out, is that the
author implies that Java's regexen are faster than Perl's.  However, his
Java code doesn't use regexen - it uses string indices, so he was comparing
apples & oranges.  All in all, the article was quite lame.

Regards,

Dan