OT: script languages

2006-08-02 Thread chiappa
Hello, I need to write several scripts for file manipulation, for example: change name files, read specific columns and write them in a new file, call fortan programs to read these files, etc. Because I have to learn how to do this, I wonder what scrip language is better: Perl or Phyton? or anothe

RE: script languages

2006-08-02 Thread David Christensen
Marcelo wrote: > I wonder what scrip language is better: Perl or Phyton? I've been using Perl for 7+ years and have found it to be very useful. The key concept is Perl's slogan -- "There's more than one way to do it" -- TIMTOWTDI, pronounced "Tim Toady". Perl is a very flexible language -- the

Re: script languages

2006-08-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Christensen wrote: > Marcelo wrote: >> I wonder what scrip language is better: Perl or Phyton? > > I've been using Perl for 7+ years and have found it to be very > useful. > > > The key concept is Perl's slogan -- "There's more than one way to

RE: script languages

2006-08-03 Thread David Christensen
Ron Johnson wrote: > My big problem with Perl is "Special Variables". They are a big fat > maintainability and debugging trap. They're powerful tools, providing easy access to things "under the hood"; use with discretion. Does Python have equivalents? David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: script languages

2006-08-03 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Christensen wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> My big problem with Perl is "Special Variables". They are a >> big fat maintainability and debugging trap. > > They're powerful tools, providing easy access to things "under > the hood"; use with dis

Re: OT: script languages

2006-08-02 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 08:37:13AM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I need to write several scripts for file manipulation, for example: > change name files, read specific columns and write them in a new file, > call fortan programs to read these files, etc. Because I have to learn > ho

Re: OT: script languages

2006-08-02 Thread charles norwood
On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 08:14 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 08:37:13AM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I need to write several scripts for file manipulation, for example: > > change name files, read specific columns and write them in a new file, > > ca

Re: OT: script languages

2006-08-03 Thread Vegard L. Rekaa
I can only share one experience:  I made a program in Ruby once, wich had to do some similar acions as you described. (Some people claim this language will even conquer out java!?!) Easy to learn powerfuul enough for your/our our purposes. http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/Good luck, no

Re: OT: script languages

2006-08-03 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 07:09:30PM -0700, charles norwood wrote: } On Wed, 2006-08-02 at 08:14 -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: } > On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 08:37:13AM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: } > > Hello, } > > } > > I need to write several scripts for file manipulation, for example: } > >