-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David C. Rankin wrote:
Sam Clemens wrote:
David C. Rankin wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Thursday 01 May 2008 00:36, Sam Clemens wrote:
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Well,
My purpose for looking at perl was I wanted a more robust bash. I wanted something that had better file handling, data structures, loop and conditional expression support, regexp support, floating point, etc.. Just something that would allow me to do in 20-30 lines of code all (or at least 99%) the administrative stuff I need to do, but where I have run into limitations in bash.
If I was ever going to do a big project, it would be in c/c++, (heaven forbid Fortran) something I already know. I thought perl would be a step up in scripting language from bash. Is that the wrong move? Would something else give me all perl's functionality in a better script language? I was really looking forward to the CPAN resource.
You guys let me know what you think. Thanks.
I had to get to grips with Perl when I was required to do some customising of a fairly large web based application. Once I got over the initial WTF, began to appreciate its flexibility. Perl has extensive Modular capabilities and mutable syntax. Perl is strongest at anything that requires any form of textual manipulation, but you can probably do damn near anything with the language. (Perl::Inline gives the ability to link Perl to C/C++/Java libraries to do legwork so one can combine scripting and compiled code level functionality). The CPAN library is quite extensive. It is not an elegant language or easy language to learn, which in part is why the two major texts on the language are called the Llama and the Camel. However, like the two beasts in question it is good at getting the job done. It is a very powerful tool. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIGtw2asN0sSnLmgIRAhsXAKDq71oX3Pcbc0CKnVNnzYO6g4aKdgCfajtr YugqgNQwdm8yCNUiVgwJ3Ns= =7YIH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org