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Re: [Plug] Which scripting language?
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Well if any language could be described as unclean, I guess that'd be perl.
It has bits and pieces of most half decent languages out there. It's an
excellent language though and I'd highly reccomend it. I seem to remember
something obnoxious aobut functions being dependent on indentation or
something that I didn't like about Python. Note, I don't know much about
Python, so picking perl shouldn't be considered an opinion I feel too
strongly about. It's just my general impression that I like it better. I'll
stop now as even I with my sleep deprivation addled brain can tell that I'm
starting to ramble (more so than usual).
I haven't used Python myself, the little that I know about it comes from
the
python FAQ and the following perl vs. python comparison written by Tom
Christiansen : http://www.perl.com/pub/language/versus/python.html
I certainly don't want to start a perl vs. python flame war, but being a
perl
fan I would be interested in hearing responses to Christiansen's
arguements.....
Bill Jonas wrote:
> I've got a couple of Barnes & Noble gift certificates to play with, so I
> thought I'd pick up a book about either Perl or Python. I'd like some
> advice from some of the ultra-ninja-foo hackers out there ;) -- which
one
> should I start with? I realize that Perl is established and used more
than
> Python, but I've heard Very Good Things about Python, namely, that it's
a
> "cleaner" language,
...and what is meant by "cleaner"?
> and that more and more people are using it.
>
> As far as the books go, I was thinking O'Reilly. If I go Perl, should I
get
> the camel book or the llama book?
Camel book
> Anybody have any <$40 favorites by
> another publisher? How about for Python? TIA for any advice.
>
> Bill
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