also sprach Craig Duncan <duncan@nycap.rr.com> [2002.04.15.0510 +0200]: > I can't let calling perl the ultimate scripting language pass without > comment. In fact, imo, both python and ruby are better (although if > you really need an enormous library of stuff like CPAN, then perl does > beat out the others there). But if you don't need that mass of > thousands of support modules for virtually anything you might want to > do (without having to code it yourself) then you might want to check > out ruby, a very neat scripting language, and maybe a better starting > point for a beginner to learn some more "advanced" stuff, like > object-oriented programming... which is a syntactic headache in perl. granted. not the last part, because i like OO in perl, but it's not the *ultimate* scripting language. after all, everybody has his/her own favourite. i am unacquainted with both, python and ruby, and i simply love perl, that's why i posted. i wasn't meaning to start the war ;) -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck no micro$oft components were used in the creation or posting of this email. therefore, it is 100% virus free and does not use html by default (yuck!).
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