-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David Christensen wrote: > Marcelo wrote: >> I wonder what scrip language is better: Perl or Phyton? > > I've been using Perl for 7+ years and have found it to be very > useful. > > > The key concept is Perl's slogan -- "There's more than one way to > do it" -- TIMTOWTDI, pronounced "Tim Toady". Perl is a very > flexible language -- the "duct tape of the Internet". Perl was > developed by a trained linguist (Larry Wall), so Perl writes > easily and allows you to express algorithms clearly and > succinctly. Whether or not the code is easily understood, and by > whom, is up to you. > > > If you know a traditional procedural programming language, such > as BASIC, FORTRAN, C, Pascal, Bourne shell, etc., learning Perl > should be simple enough. If you know an OO language, or OO > concepts, learning the mechanics of OO in Perl will be > straight-forward. The advanced stuff is, well, advanced, and will > require more effort and background. You should be able to > accomplish the goals you outlined with basic to intermediate Perl > skills.
My big problem with Perl is "Special Variables". They are a big fat maintainability and debugging trap. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE0gTOS9HxQb37XmcRAtiuAKCJhpks0fAvZlMpY+WO3WZ9fEA3VwCgntpB DjRmFp7NgB2WdcGWYA7+ayI= =yaDi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
