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Date:      Wed, 23 Jan 2002 00:49:24 +0100
From:      Alex <FreeBSD@cybertron.tmfweb.nl>
To:        "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1012083607.1cac06@mired.org>
Cc:        Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, Wayne Pascoe <usenet@penguinpowered.org.uk>, <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re[4]: what is a good language for system administration?
Message-ID:  <13736540512.20020123004924@cybertron.tmfweb.nl>
In-Reply-To: <15436.37910.635122.378864@guru.mired.org>
References:  <15436.37910.635122.378864@guru.mired.org>

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Hello Mike,

Monday, January 21, 2002, 11:20:06 PM, you wrote:

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:

>> > 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.

-- 
Best regards,
 Alex


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