Success in Migrating from C to Perl

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 19, 1999

“This article describes how a large laser printing bureau in
Sydney, Australia was able to migrate from C to Perl for most of
its software development needs. As well as gaining the benefits
from a modern and flexible programming language, the change gave an
opportunity to improve the approach to code design, maintenance and
documentation. Eventually, Perl was being used for activities that
were not contemplated when the trial began, such as emailing and
web enablement.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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