Re: Re: Back in the Saddle

From: Christophe <xof_at_chanticleer.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:53:41 -0700

Python is a perfectly respectable language, as is Ruby (and all the
cool kids today use Ruby, apparently). Perl... well, Perl is the
duct tape of programming languages: great for quick fixes, not so
good for permanent installations. People have written some amazing
edifices in PHP (Drupal is a good example), but I still have a bit of
a hard time taking it seriously as a programming language given its
origins as "Phil's Home Page."

Right now, if I was doing something quick-n-dirty, I'd probably use
Ruby (or Rails, which is Ruby plus a bunch of magic libraries to make
database manipulation easier). For something institutional, I'd use
Java.

And for a database, I'd use PostgreSQL.

On 12 Apr 2006, at 10:32, David Coons wrote:

> I was going to recommend either Perl or Python as a first language.
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> Although Perl is more cryptic and what some call a write-only
> language, you'd get plenty of help from Peter Scott and JT.
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> Python, however, is considerably more modern and easier to use.
> It has the added benefit of using indentation instead of braces
> to nest instructions and makes an excellent beginner's language.
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> That said, I know neither, and still use Bourne shell and K&R C
> to excellent effect. Database integration will compel me to
> finish learning Python, Perl or perhaps PHP since it goes so
> well with MySQL and internet applications.
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> Any thoughts on this, Christophe?
>
> dc
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> Joy McCann wrote:
>> Well, I'm learning no computer language. I think I was joking. Or
>> maybe
>> I was drunk.
>>
>> --J
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Received on 2006-04-12 14:58:17