Re: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032]

2002-11-25 Thread sam sneed
gt; > > > >- Original Message ----- > >From: "Moffett, Ryan" > >To: "'John Tafasi'" ; > >Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:20 AM > >Subject: RE: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032] > > > > > >

Re: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032]

2002-11-25 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
propos of not much, I once wrote a complete analyzer for IBM NCP configurations. I used Pascal. > >- Original Message - >From: "Moffett, Ryan" >To: "'John Tafasi'" ; >Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:20 AM >Subject: RE: Programming Langua

RE: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032]

2002-11-25 Thread Moffett, Ryan
for System Administration Exploring Expect -Original Message- From: John Tafasi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 12:58 PM To: Moffett, Ryan; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032] This a nice answer, but do you know any

Re: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032]

2002-11-25 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
At 3:27 PM + 11/25/02, John Tafasi wrote: >What programming languages a network engineer MIGHT need to perform his job? > >What do network engineers or adminiastrators do with a programming language? >please elaborate > >I am looking to learn a couple of programming language that I may need on

Re: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032]

2002-11-25 Thread John Tafasi
This a nice answer, but do you know any book that specifically deal with programming for network engineers? - Original Message - From: "Moffett, Ryan" To: "'John Tafasi'" ; Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:20 AM Subject: RE: Programming Language fo

RE: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032]

2002-11-25 Thread Moffett, Ryan
Perl - Use it to do many things like parsing log files, parsing and even generating config files. Too many uses to list. Once you learn what perl is and what it can do, you WILL find uses for it. Expect - Use it to script things that otherwise would only be able to occur interactively with ne

RE: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032]

2002-11-25 Thread Ted Marinich
Perl is good to know, but it is a scripting language. As far as programming goes, I like C and C++. Many tools are available using Perl, C, and C++, that can make a network engineers job much easier. Plus, the insight gained by knowing a good programming language is priceless. It's not necessa

RE: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032]

2002-11-25 Thread Clark, John
VB Is usually a good one to learn for a network engineer. Given that most of the systems I work on run some form of windows, I found it to be an easy language to learn and very useful for creating quick custom tools that the end user may need (such as logging into all the routers and saving the Con

Re: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032]

2002-11-25 Thread sam sneed
I would definitely say Perl. It runs on both Unix and Winblows so its portable. I used to write scripts for monitoring network services, connecting to ports ie. There is even a library to easily write your own network sniffer and a very good scokets library as well. ""John Tafasi"" wrote in mess

RE: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032]

2002-11-25 Thread Leo Song
Perl, in my mind. Leo -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Tafasi Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Programming Language for Network Engingeers. [7:58032] What programming languages a network engine