From: Louis M <louis@..._THISmalenica.id.au>
Date: 2004-01-29T21:00:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Project: in Ruby, Perl?

Zach Dennis wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> We've got a small project coming up at work that will deal with a MySQL
> database. It will be a small scale inventory management and
> production/purchase order management system. We are trying to decide what
> language to write it in. We have ruled out Java, C, C++, anything .NET and
> Python. We have Ruby and Perl left on our list(although we may include C
> extensions).
> 
> Much of the data and transactions can be conceived to be very OO, which is
> why I picked Ruby. Another fellow on my team though feels that since Perl is
> older then Ruby and has OO ability that it is better to use because there
> are more books, documentation, etc....(in English).
> 
> The system will need to deal with different types of Queues and Threads
> since it will spawn across 2 servers and have multiple users on multiple
> workstations. It will also need to eventually interact with UPC Scanners.
> 
> Any particular reasons why or why not Ruby or Perl? We have a small list of
> pros and cons, but I thought I might get some more insightful answers here.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Zach
> 
> 
> 

Why have you ruled out J2EE? All the concurrency and transaction and 
security features you need are built into the application server.