From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 19 20:26:39 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D6DD16A420 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:26:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B41B413C46E for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:26:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m1JKQU7c083900; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:26:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List , Tim Daneliuk Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:26:16 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <20080219142047.GB27411@dell1> <20080219161657.GC91805@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20080219161657.GC91805@demeter.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200802191226.17164.kline@thought.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: Subject: Re: thankee, thankee! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:26:39 -0000 On Tuesday 19 February 2008 08:16:57 Chad Perrin wrote: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 09:20:47AM -0500, William Bulley wrote: > > According to Tim Daneliuk : > > > Before you go down this road too far, you should take a look at Python > > > as an implementation language. If what you're doing involves text and > > > string manipulation, Python is loaded with good modules that will make > > > your task a snap. Having coded extensively in many assemblers, C, > > > BASIC, ... I now find myself reaching exclusively for Python when > > > writing applications and utilities unless the task at hand must have > > > the performance of native C. Try it ... you'll be shocked how fast > > > your program comes together. > > > > Might the same not be said for Perl? > > Yes . . . and Ruby. I prefer both over Python, for different reasons, > personally. Gotta laugh at most of this considering that I understand that we tend to favor what we're most familiar with. I've been lazing along for several years since I've gone back to school--sort of. During my last lifetime I was trapped into learning perl and forced myself to get into C++ because much of my work required these languages. Can you guys, or anybody else, point me to some comparison sites for python and ruby? I just found one abandoned freeware suite in ruby that may be just what I'm trying to do. The deal is: do I want to invest months (from 2 to 3) in learning another language/ or port from ruby to C? or take the Java functions and re-write or translate them to C? Still, first thing is to get the algorithm down and tested. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org