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Subject: Geek stuff: ASP.NET, Perl, etc

I work here: Sound Devices, LLC. We make bad-ass field audio gear, and you think that's awesome. My messy desk (With work-related items on the computer screen).

One does not simply grenade jump into Mordor...

In an old thread, Achronos said:
As for our business relationship [with Ideal Science], that started during the planning for the conversion from the old perl based bungie.net to one to support Halo 2. After a few experiments, I had decided that we should simply start over, and build on the much more robust .NET framework. Unfortunately, at the time, we only had one web dev (me), and there was simply no way we could finish everything in time. You may remember that we actually didn't port the groups over until a few months after the rest of the site became part of the new hotness. Anyway, we decided that high-capacity forum software is a solved problem that other companies are very good at, so we started soliciting quotes from various companies (Ideal Science included) for software that would meet our needs. In our case, those needs were full source code, many multiple forums, highly scalable, high performance, and use SQL Server and ASP.NET as its core technology. So does that mean the old site was coded completely with Perl? If that's so, I have a lot more respect for that old site than i did before (Or at least Achronos' skillz/patience). Also, I always guessed the decision to move to ASP.NET was based on the potential for easier interoperability between Xbox live systems, or that it had something to do with Microsoft getting cozy with Bungie... Why didn't you want to connect to Xbox Live/Microsoft, and work with games stats using Perl, Achronos? (Just kidding. haha)

I guess I'm just musing and seeing if any of you who have been aroun longer than me have any thoughts on this stuff. Just curious. :)

[Edited on 06.19.2007 11:22 AM PDT]

  • 06.19.2007 11:19 AM PDT
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‘The conscious is cancerous if allowed to linger’

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

Sorry but I don't have a clue what you are talking about. Explain what Perl is so myself and many less nerdy members may benefit from this knowledge which is totally useless.

EDIT: Wow this post has come off a bit harsh, please know I mean no offence! This is also not sarcastic!

[Edited on 06.20.2007 4:58 AM PDT]

  • 06.20.2007 4:57 AM PDT

Strange evolution how people have come to believe
That we are it's greatest achievement
We're barely, we're just a collection of cells
Overrating themselves

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Sorry but I don't have a clue what you are talking about. Explain what Perl is so myself and many less nerdy members may benefit from this knowledge which is totally useless.


http://www.google.com

  • 06.20.2007 10:53 AM PDT