Hi Marcelo, Quoth Marcelo Chiapparini, > I know this is a stupid question, but I am very new to Linux and I know > nothing about script programming. What is the difference between perl and > pyton? Why the nedd to create these two diferent programming languages?
Well, you've already got lots of opinionated responses, so here's another :) You don't sound like you're a programmer - that's cool, I'm not either. Although, on the odd occasion I've had to do things which have involved writing scripts, so I've had to learn enough to get by. Both perl and python (and while we're talking p-languages, php, which is a little more specialised, but similar) are both cool. They are both pretty easy to learn to do simple things. However mastery of either would seem to require some dedication. There is some pop-psychology thing about left brain being creative and right brain being logical (or something, I only have one degree in psychology, and it didn't cover pop psychology)... Perl seems better suited to the untamed creatives, python to the logical conservatives (not *politically* conservative, but more streamlined thinkers). If you doodle in lectures, you'll probably be happier with perl. If you take notes in lots of dot points that are highly structured, python might be more your cup of tea (if you're interested, I'm more the later than the former). Overall, this is all highly subjective and speculative (and probably highly inaccurate)... Both are free, and have lots of online documentation. You'll be a better person for knowing either of them, but certainly have a play with both before you make any hard and fast decisions. But remember, to be a truely self-absorbed, prescious, self-ritcheous unix god-wannabe, you can't go past LISP :) cheers, damon -- Damon Muller | Did a large procession wave their torches Criminologist/Linux Geek | As my head fell in the basket, http://killfilter.com | And was everybody dancing on the casket... PGP (GnuPG): A136E829 | - TBMG, "Dead"
