Re: Shell script or Perl?

[Aryan Ameri <a.ameri@linuxiran.org>]

On Thursday 12 June 2003 19:08, John Hasler wrote:
> Matthew Weier O'Phinney writes:
> > One aspect of [Perl] I particularly like is that it is also very
> > portable: I don't have to worry about which shell is available on
> > which system...
>
> On Unix and Linux conservatively-written POSIX sh scripts are more
> portable than Perl.

Well, in depends on portability on what kind of system you are talking 
about.

If the intended users of the script are likely to use different Unix 
versions, then sh scripting is probably the safe bet. On the other 
hand, if you are counting on them, running your script on Windows or 
traditional Macintosh, then perl is a safer bet.

BTW, now that we are here, I wonder about the portability of awk. Is awk 
available on all major Unices? 

Cheers
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Aryan Ameri