Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 07:02:18 -0500 From: Rod Person <rodperson@rodperson.com> To: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Software Development using Freebsd. Message-ID: <20120207070218.00006c93@unknown> 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, 06 Feb 2012 19:36:46 -0800 merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote: > >>>>> "DDa" == Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> > >>>>> 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 > DDa> Perl? For most data and its proven ability to handle/match > DDa> string data it is very useful. And using tk it will run on > DDa> 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'll second the motion for this evidence. -- Rod Person http://www.rodperson.com rodperson@rodperson.com 'Silence is a fence around wisdom'
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