https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-difference-between-Python-and-Perl-Custom-Searches/m-p/347270#M102816 <P>Is there any penalty for using a Perl custom search over one created in Python? </P> <P>Presently the Perl search is simply going out and retrieving a value in an external database, but in the future we will have more streaming type of custom searches. </P> Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:48:09 GMT juillardr 2017-04-26T19:48:09Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-difference-between-Python-and-Perl-Custom-Searches/m-p/347270#M102816 <P>Is there any penalty for using a Perl custom search over one created in Python? </P> <P>Presently the Perl search is simply going out and retrieving a value in an external database, but in the future we will have more streaming type of custom searches. </P> Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:48:09 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-difference-between-Python-and-Perl-Custom-Searches/m-p/347270#M102816 juillardr 2017-04-26T19:48:09Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-difference-between-Python-and-Perl-Custom-Searches/m-p/347271#M102817 <P>Depending on the functions and libraries used for the Custom Command / Action, you might see better performance with python over perl. Only real way to confirm that would be to test using both though... </P> <P>Typically python is more performant though.</P> Thu, 27 Apr 2017 01:09:57 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Is-there-a-difference-between-Python-and-Perl-Custom-Searches/m-p/347271#M102817 esix_splunk 2017-04-27T01:09:57Z