Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 21:06:49 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Software Development using Freebsd. Message-ID: <20120207040649.GA28910@hemlock.hydra> In-Reply-To: <868vkfxqk1.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> References: <3411412722-917504491@intranet.com.mx> <4F30849D.2020408@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <868vkfxqk1.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
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On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 07:36:46PM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>> "DDa" == Da Rock writes: > > >> Would you do that with Python or something else? > > DDa> Depending on what you really need to solve decides your > DDa> language. Others have offered advice here, but may I suggest Perl? > DDa> For most data and its proven ability to handle/match string data it > DDa> is very useful. And using tk it will run on windows as well. > > At this point, there's absolutely nothing that Python can do that Perl > can't, and very likely vice versa. > > However, from personal experience, I know that Larry Wall understands > Object Oriented Programming, and Guido definitely doesn't get it. > Obviously, other people have worked on both languages, but keep that in > mind. I can present my evidence of how Guido doesn't get it in a longer > post, if prompted. I'm definitely curious. If you don't think this is the place for it, I'd love to see your explanation in private email or by other means. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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