Re: For text processing, which is more powerful, emacs or perl?

[Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 2:56 PM Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:
>
> * Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> [2020-12-20 09:19]:
> > On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 1:31 PM Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> wrote:
> > >
> > > * Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> [2020-12-20 04:43]:
> > > > werner@X10DAi:~$ time python3 --version >/dev/null
> > > >
> > > > real    0m0.086s
> > > > user    0m0.065s
> > > > sys    0m0.027s
> > > > werner@X10DAi:~$ time perl --version >/dev/null
> > > >
> > > > real    0m0.003s
> > > > user    0m0.003s
> > > > sys    0m0.000s
> > >
> > > You did not measure the code, rather startup time to show the version.
> >
> > https://perlmaven.com/compare-the-speed-of-perl-and-python-regex
>
> I see, yes, it cannot compare well to Python. So for when speed is
> critical it is better using Perl. Perl is/was one of my favorite
> languages and I did everything in Perl before learning about Lisp.
>
> Lisp offers to me better simpler readability.
>
> What I am missing is simple interface and that is solved with Emacs
> built-in features. And Emacs than provides instability so I cannot
> really solve huge tasks with it, it crashes, has memory problems,
> etc.

Really? If so, why emacs is still the most preferred editor for top
developers on the world?
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Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Theory and Simulation of Materials
Hebei Polytechnic Vocational and Technical University
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