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Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?



On 8/7/07, Manon Metten <manon.metten@gmail.com> wrote:
> I wish I'd discovers Linux some ten years ago. I have literally hundreds of
> AmigaDOS and ARexx scripts - some of them very powerful - that don't
> even come close to converting to bash (or maybe python). Now I feel I've
> to re-invent the wheel.

As a stop-gap, you might want to install regina-rexx .  That'll at
least give you time to convert your scripts to something else.  I've
never used REXX, but perusing the syntax on Wikipedia, it looks like
you should be able to convert a lot of it to bash "easily" once you've
familiarized yourself with the syntax.

And since you asked, I like python, but a working knowledge of bash is
indispensible.

-- 
Michael A. Marsh
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh
http://mamarsh.blogspot.com
http://36pints.blogspot.com



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