Well Chaps, after your sound advice,a nice little programming job has
fallen into my to do box. Basically I have to write a little program to
take some information out of an shipping manifest and create a prettier
HTML based output. It should be a good learning experience, not a huge
job, but enough to get the basics. <br>
<br>
As for language, perl is a little odd to me, wheras Python makes sense,
at least to me, in how it does things, so you can guess which route I
am going!<br>
<br>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 30/05/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard Smedley</b> <<a href="mailto:smedley358@btinternet.com">smedley358@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>> > I would agree with the posts advising Perl, Python or Ruby. If you<br>> > find Perl ``strange'', then go for Ruby. It's v straightforward.<br>> > However Python imposes a little more discipline of thought, and
<br>> > seems far more logical.<br>><br>> dangerous ground Richard:) Next you will be saying you prefer emacs<br>> to vi<br><br>Ha! This must be the only list where I haven't sung<br>the praises of Emacs then ;-P
<br><br>However while vi should be avoided at all costs [1], there<br>are reasons to choose any out of Perl, Python and Ruby<br>- it depends upon the project and programmer. Additionally<br>in 90 per cent of products requiring one of these three,
<br>any of them will do a decent enough job :-)<br><br>What I'm saying is that the choice will /usually/ come down<br>to non-technical factors.<br><br>On Vi/Emacs - how about half an hour on each at the LUG meeting,<br>
demonstrating the best features of each :)<br><br> - Richard<br><br>[1] /ducks and runs<br><br>--<br>Richard
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