----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Leach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 8:57 PM Subject: Language recommendation
> Hi All, > > I want to re-implement a widget I wrote in VB so I can run it under > Linux - it's time for my Photoshop to Gimp leap, the one windows app I > would _really_ miss right now. > > Basically it runs through jpegs, resizes them for the web, renames > them, and extracts some information from the EXIF to store in a csv > file. I was thinking that PERL is probably the language I should be > looking at, and learning it has been on my to-do list for a while, but > decided that if I was going to spend time learning a new language I > should ask what people here like and what works for you in a Linux > environment. > I think it comes down to PERL, python or, maybe, Jade.. but my > options seem much wider here than under windows and I am open to > anything. It would be great if whatever the effort goes into to allows > a variety other types of task to be done too. I don't need to be able to > build anything big or especially fast. > > I am happy in OOP, php, vb and javascript and have been known to > produce the odd bit of C , C++ and ASP, > > Merry Xmas! & mtia, > > Andy
