[Chester LUG] which programming language

[Stuart Burns]

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.

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!



On 30/05/07, Richard Smedley <smedley358 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>
> > > I would agree with the posts advising Perl, Python or Ruby. If you
> > > find Perl ``strange'', then go for Ruby. It's v straightforward.
> > > However Python imposes a little more discipline of thought, and
> > > seems far more logical.
> >
> >  dangerous ground Richard:) Next you will be saying you prefer emacs
> > to vi
>
> Ha! This must be the only list where I haven't sung
> the praises of Emacs then ;-P
>
> However while vi should be avoided at all costs [1], there
> are reasons to choose any out of Perl, Python and Ruby
> - it depends upon the project and programmer. Additionally
> in 90 per cent of products requiring one of these three,
> any of them will do a decent enough job :-)
>
> What I'm saying is that the choice will /usually/ come down
> to non-technical factors.
>
> On Vi/Emacs - how about half an hour on each at the LUG meeting,
> demonstrating the best features of each :)
>
> - Richard
>
> [1] /ducks and runs
>
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