Just one feature....those who have tinkered with regex (it is even called
Perl5 style regular expressions) would know what can be accomplished in
Perl. So much so I used it to create a tool to convert any text to XML.
Perl allows you to mix OO and non-OO, unlike Java. If you want to do
something quick (I know it usually grows into something significant!) Perl
is there to help. System programming, network programming, gluing
different platforms...Perl has a cornucopia of code available from CPAN.
These days, I search CPAN, download, glue and implement.
I also want to investigate REXX. Any quick tutorial anywhere?
Henry Schaffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Just stirring the pot
>Being an ol' mainframe guy of 35+ years who has looked at a lot of
>languages, I say REXX in conjunction with PIPELINES is unbeatable in
terms
>of writing speed and conciseness. You can get a lot of function in a few
>lines of code.
I'm not sure that is a what we really need - for example I suspect
that one can get even more with APL !
My own "vote" is that Perl's capabilities and power are more important
than its rough edges. (As another ol' mainframe guy of ... years - the
jobs I had to do in SNOBOL4 or SPITBOL on the mainframe go much better
today in Perl on any platform.)
--henry schaffer
P.S. I'm more ol' than ever, but have pretty much moved out of
mainframe.
