In this case Perl will only save you a few milliseconds per request if using screen scraping and a good RegEx. No language is going to make the whole thing take less than 2 hours from what your describing. On the otherhand, the Amazon web service will probably save you a second per request as its avoiding the UI and all. Problem is, there may be an issue of gathering all of the prices from Amazon. You have to read their terms.
>They have a webservice to grab prices...but it will not display prices >that are "hidden". I think Coldfusion is great but if you want a >language that was created for the soul purpose of Parsing files for >data then PERL is your choice...as for IDE...duh...eclipse with >cfeclipse and EPIC for perl you're then covered for CF Java and Perl >:) > >Adam H > >On 7/6/05, James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163052 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
