Perl 5 runs on more platforms than the CLR and JVM do. In theory. In practice, if it runs on one JVM, it runs on any JVM. No questions asked. Perl is full o

Perl 5 runs on more platforms than the CLR and JVM do. In theory. In practice, if it runs on one JVM, it runs on any JVM. No questions asked. Perl is full of, "Oops, that crashes on Windows" traps. If you know where they all are, you can avoid them, but it's hard to be sure you've found the last one. The fact that the camel book has a section with tips for porters is telling. There's a big difference between Java's robust guarantee of portability and perl's "best effort" philosophy.