Re: script languages

2006-08-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Christensen wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> My big problem with Perl is "Special Variables". They are a >> big fat maintainability and debugging trap. > > They're powerful tools, providing easy access to things "under > the hood"; use with dis

RE: script languages

2006-08-03 Thread David Christensen
Ron Johnson wrote: > My big problem with Perl is "Special Variables". They are a big fat > maintainability and debugging trap. They're powerful tools, providing easy access to things "under the hood"; use with discretion. Does Python have equivalents? David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: script languages

2006-08-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-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

RE: script languages

2006-08-02 Thread David Christensen
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