On 8/7/05, Matt Zagrabelny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 10:16 -0400, Rajiv Vyas wrote: > > I am thinking about learning a programming or a scripting language. > > The eventual goal to to use it for financial modeling, which would > > eventually mean some use/knowledge of a database software. This would > > be my first foray in programing. Any suggestions? > > ive used c, c++, java, and perl. > > based on your needs i would go with perl. > > pros: > fast > portable > easy to learn > good database api > Free (unlike java in some regards) > > -matt zagrabelny
Thanks Matt. What about Ruby or Python? Any idea what the differences are and which one is more easier? Rajiv
