Re: [Biojava-l] java or perl?

[Emmanouil Skoufos]

Hi Dave,   to answer your question about Java or Perl:  I believe that each language has its own advantages and disadvantages and places where it is the "the best possible option".  I personally, prefer to use the best (including performance, robustness, time to market and price factors) available option no matter what is its name.  I think that you will find the answer to the question (Java or Perl -or C) similar to answers to the questions about mac vs pc vs unix.  Specifically for AceDB:  The users have developed a suite of tools, you might want to look at http://www.acedb.org/Software/Tools/ ; given the complexity of structuring queries for AceDB, I would think that querying the  Wormbase data http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Projects/C_elegans/WORMBASE/ might be easier and more productive.  I am sure that the Sanger Center folks would have some better input on this.   Emmanouil Skoufos ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 2:04 PM Subject: [Biojava-l] java or perl? Hi I am just getting in the bioinformatics field, and I am wondering if easier to design programs to perform bioinformatics task in java or perl.  I have visited both biojava, and bioperl, and am not sure where to begin. Specifically I am interesting in writing a program which queries the ACEDB as I am compliling information for my own speicialized C. Elegans database.  I was wondering which biojava package contained the java classes that would allow me to do this.  I couldn't seem to locate the...your help would be greatly appreciated... thanks Dave