I know little about XS modules but I was looking at RPi::DHT11 and noticed that it is an XS module which seemed a little strange. Hence the question here. I was going to email stevieb, ...
Raw speed is just one consideration. In this case, I suspect that there is C language Unix device driver for the Raspberry Pi and that the XS module is the "glue" between that driver and Perl. The PI...
> is for speed as compiled languages of the C family are faster than interpreted languages such as Perl. Is that about right so far?
No, it's primarily about interfacing with an exi...
> with UTF8 by default, or some near equivalent of it (utf8mb4?)
And you are contradicting yourself by proposing two defaults at the same time.
So 5 years from now on some...
I appreciate, and agree with, the principle of your remarks here. However, I seem to have a unique experience with computers as compared to others. I have sometimes made no mistake at all in my code...