Re: [SLE] Re: Perl / Python

Thanks for the clarification. I note that perl / python and even html are usualy refered to as "scripting" languages , as oposed to genral/system/4gl leval languages ? ie c/c++ is considered a sytem leval language , clarion as a 4GL langage , and java even as a general language ? What do they relay mean by scripting and 4GL leval languages ? At 07:31 AM 6/5/2000 -0400, François Pinard wrote:

Samy Elashmawy écrit:

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What do the lib docs cover as compared to the refrence book ?

The Reference Manual describes the Python language (syntax and core mechanics). The Library Reference Manual describes all the standards tools, already available from within Python given the appropriate `import', which you often could have written yourself, but which you will not, because they are well thought and documented already :-).

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and what have you used for access to an sql server ie mSQL or Postgres ?

There are many tools in Python to access databases, but none is part of the standard Library. I'm not using any yet, myself, but will do. A good way to find "other" packages and tools, besides those described in the Library Reference, is the Vaults of Parnassus at http://www.vex.net/parnassus/.

-- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard

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