Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:28:12 +0530 From: Girish Venkatachalam <girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: thankee, thankee! Message-ID: <20080219145812.GB26569@saraswathy.madambakam.org> In-Reply-To: <47BAE7BF.3060602@tundraware.com> References: <20080219142047.GB27411@dell1> <47BAE7BF.3060602@tundraware.com>
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On 08:29:19 Feb 19, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > You bet, Perl is terrific. But, Perl is also harder to maintain and > less readable in the long run (IMHO and many others' too). Language > wars are silly, of course, one uses the right tools for the right > job. But as I said, having programmed fairly widely over the years, > I find Python the single most productive language I've ever used. > I never ceased to be amazed at how quickly I get to a correct and > finished program. I am further amazed when I pick it up a year later > and it still is crystal clear and understandable. Couldn't resist saying that I plan to take a stab at lua. It seems to be a wonderfully agile and powerful language - the new kid off the block. :) http://www.lua.org However I do not have any experience with it to say anything further. Hopefully that will change one day soon. -Girish
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