Thank you all for the explanations. How would I find out if Perl is already
installed on my system?
Jim
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> Behalf Of Dave Seidel
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> Subject: Re: Perl
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> Well, just to be more precise, bash is a shell, and like all shells,
> provides a scripting language. Perl is interpreted (like shell
> scripts are)
> but is a much more powerful general purpose language. You can do quite a
> lot with a shell script (with a fair amount of pain :-), but Perl can do
> practically anything at all, and provides advanced features such as
> extensibility (there are hundreds of modules available), and the
> ability to
> interoperate with (or even be embedded within) with other languages. But
> Perl's strongest suit is probably the ease with which it handles
> sophisticated string and file handling. So, yes, it's accurate
> to say that
> Perl is a superset of shell scripting, but that's kind of an
> understatement.
> ;-)
>
> -- Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 2:09 PM
> Subject: RE: Perl
>
>
> > Oh, now I get the drift. So there is a bash scripting
> language. On that
> > note am I to assume that I can do everything in Perl that I
> could do with
> > bash scripting and more? That it, in a very wide sense, a superset?
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > > Behalf Of Dave Seidel
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 9:11 AM
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> > > Subject: Re: Perl
> > >
> > >
> > > > > Is it comparable (in capability) to VMS DCL?
> > > >
> > > > I've never even seen DCL code, but I'd be willing to bet you a
> dollar
> > > that
> > > > Perl blows it away. :-)
> > >
> > > I haven't used DCL since the mid-80's, but it's really just the shell
> > > scripting language for VMS. Therefore, comparing it to Perl is like
> > > comparing Bash (e.g.) scripting to Perl. Perl is a general purpose
> > > programming language, and DCL isn't. ;-)
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Dave Seidel
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