From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 19 15:24:02 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 25CAD16A419 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:24:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com) Received: from hs-out-0708.google.com (hs-out-0708.google.com [64.233.178.247]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2BBB13C4E9 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:24:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com) Received: by hs-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id h53so1873378hsh.11 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:24:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=jxYyW/D5h2jO80OonciskZLLhb644qGJcc1iDU3GFYs=; b=XnswD/QeAnhb0OmSjiA0urgvDp6JZ1S4/ft9GBIPpK3g9O019DihuD+ShefCydsudjXkcIwnq1MJ+l2rG56D3xVJyjCi4CryG2xYlhC1ciyUMAaGRqIcQAf6HR0T/A5Atba14QuMsDOmWPcYMHO7iP1XmHxX9eGV5roioE5XNSI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=Hol14CiyU5sJOEbezyMo/I3QM7Kmp0td4got1PnN9zdfcG1NTFxHR/3VyQBHKG8drsvMmHDjiqQ3MboCBVDylLetpTLnGS16XXwVoU6KLwknCVfm0o570lNz+OqL2C1zWm5rrLReCTFZ9e4tcmq0Jxgu7AyqVQXIQHQ7SQ+t3X8= Received: by 10.141.163.12 with SMTP id q12mr4743789rvo.190.1203433097560; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:58:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from saraswathy.madambakam.org ( [59.92.86.97]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b21sm3974308rvf.34.2008.02.19.06.58.16 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:58:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by saraswathy.madambakam.org (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 58C7839FF5C; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:28:12 +0530 (IST) Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:28:12 +0530 From: Girish Venkatachalam To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080219145812.GB26569@saraswathy.madambakam.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20080219142047.GB27411@dell1> <47BAE7BF.3060602@tundraware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47BAE7BF.3060602@tundraware.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Subject: Re: thankee, thankee! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: girishvenkatachalam@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:24:02 -0000 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