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Java vs Perl - What's the difference?

java | perl |

As proper nouns the difference between java and perl

is that java is an island of Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago while Perl is a text-oriented programming language family, widely used in Internet applications.

As a noun Java

is a chicken of the Java breed which was developed in the United States.

java

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • An island of Indonesia in the Malay Archipelago.
  • (computing) An object-oriented, garbage-collected computer programming language.
  • (computing, proscribed) JavaScript, when no distinction is made between it and Java.
  • * 1996' October 6, "Timothy Litwiller" (username), ''HOW TO MAKE A '''JAVA ALERT POP UP ON LOAD'', in comp.lang.javascript, ''Usenet
  • * 1996 December 10, "Cédric Bouckaert" (username), onBlur event handler with input fields'', in comp.lang.javascript, ''Usenet
    • In the input tag I include the onBlur="myfunction()" which checks if the field is filled (displays an alert if necessary and resets the focus). If I leave the first field I get an java' alert which says that field two should have a value and then a '''java''' alert which says that field one should have a value and then a ' java ... get the picture ?
  • * 1997' January 7, "Kenneth Roddy" (username), '''''Java Alert Messages When Netscape Home Page Loads'', in comp.infosystems.www.browsers.ms-windows, ''Usenet
  • * 1997' February 18, "AG" (username), ''alert...is there a way of controling font size and style when '''java alert window opens'', in comp.lang.javascript, ''Usenet
    • I created an alert window using java' script, but I found the fonts too small. Is there a way of controling font size and style when ' java alert window opens.
  • * 2003' April 8, "mpaulopes" (username), ''Passing values to a '''Java popup windows'', in macromedia.coldfusion.cfml_general_discussion, ''Usenet

    • Usage notes

    * While referring to JavaScript as Java is technically incorrect, this usage occurs often enough to merit verifying which is meant in cases where it's not clear.

    Derived terms

    * Java cat (the musang) * Java sparrow * Javanese

    Related terms

    * JavaScript

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A chicken of the Java breed which was developed in the United States.
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    perl

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A text-oriented programming language family, widely used in Internet applications.
  • * Wikipedia, „Pearl“ article
    • „In addition to CGI, Perl 5 is used for graphics programming, system administration, network programming, finance, bioinformatics, and other applications. It has been humorously nicknamed "the Swiss Army chainsaw of scripting languages" because of its flexibility and power, and possibly also because of its "ugliness". In 1998, it was also referred to as the "duct tape that holds the Internet together", in reference to both its ubiquitous use as a glue language and its perceived inelegance.“
    „Perl'' was originally named "Pearl". […] The name is occasionally expanded as ''Practical Extraction and Report Language'', but this is a backronym. Other expansions have been suggested as equally canonical, including Wall's own humorous ''Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister . Indeed, Wall claims that the name was intended to inspire many different expansions.“
    „It is often said that "Only perl can parse Perl''", meaning that only the ''Perl'' interpreter (perl) can parse the ''Perl'' language (''Perl ), but even this is not, in general, true.“

    Hypernyms

    *

    Hyponyms

    * Perl 5 * Perl 6

    References

    * ("Perl" on Wikipedia)