Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 19:56:01 -0600 From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1012182961.4a966a@mired.org> To: Alex <akruijff@dds.nl> Cc: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1012083607.1cac06@mired.org>, Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, Wayne Pascoe <usenet@penguinpowered.org.uk>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Re[4]: what is a good language for system administration? Message-ID: <15438.6193.320790.289374@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <13736540512.20020123004924@cybertron.tmfweb.nl> References: <15436.37910.635122.378864@guru.mired.org> <13736540512.20020123004924@cybertron.tmfweb.nl>
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Alex <FreeBSD@cybertron.tmfweb.nl> types: > MM> Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> types: > >> On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 10:07:25AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > >> > Alfatrion <alfatrion@cybertron.tmfweb.nl> types: > >> <SNIP> > > I didn't write any of the (>> >) folowing: Correct. I wrote that. I don't think anything of yours made it into the reply you sent to me. > >> > True. There's a couple of Python-specific remote method invocation > >> > implementations floating around, but I haven't investigated them. I > >> > like the ability to choose the language appropriate for each object > >> > that comes with using CORBA. > > >> - (Painful as I find this to say) learn Perl. There is such a huge > >> amount of canned modules for Perl available, and it is increasingly > >> used where people used to write "C" for something too slow to be > >> done in the shell, that I don;t think there are any other players > >> seriously in the game yet. > > MM> I think Perl is more useful on your resume than as a system > MM> administration language. On the other hand, you're almost certain to > MM> encounter it most places, so being able to read and debug it will be > MM> handy. > > I have heared that, you cound't read perl any more, if you don't do it > for about 6 months. It depends on the Perl. And how handy the Camel book is. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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