On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 11:47 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > Its not a suggestion for in depth exploration, but a quick and > probably dirty comparison. > > stick to: > > bash, perl, python, ruby, php I love the concept of having all the languages on one night, but I would recommend 15 minutes per language (for a total time of 1.5 hours). Harsh, but the only thing the presenters will be able to get across is general concepts and enthusiasm; slides on the support of generic types in dynamic languages and the difference between operator overloading and parametric polymorphism will not be lost on most people (including myself).
I'll give a talk on sh/ksh/bash if no one else wants to give it a go. -- Michael JasonSmith http://www.ldots.org/
