maning sambale wrote: > Am I right that GRASS 7 will use Python as the scripting language, > therefore, unix shell scripting won't be supported anymore?
As Michael says, you can script GRASS in any language which has the ability to run commands. But we're trying to replace the shell scripts which are included in GRASS with Python versions. Apart from anything else, there are a lot of issue with shell scripts on Windows. > Should I start learning Python now? Yes. > Should I port my scripts to Python? Yes, if you want them to be portable, or might eventually want them to be included as part of GRASS, or if they're complex. Unix shells tend to be poor programming languages, as they are designed for interactive use first, and scripting second. The only reason anyone chooses the Bourne shell as a programming language is because every Unix system has it. But if you want portability to Windows, that's no longer an advantage. -- Glynn Clements <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user
