On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 15:16:29 +0800 "m.w.chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> what kind of application did you write? mathematics only? > any database and user-interface work? limited database interaction for the application itself. The system (AIRS-Atmospheric Infrared Satellite) has extensive database interaction, but that's not germain as it's a large C & FORTRAN system. Limited user interaction, does extensive data extraction, analysis, script generation, and script execution in both linux and Sun/Solaris environments. > > You possibly would be even more swift if Foxpro is available on > linux...dBase came from JPL's Vulcan. :) > > Too bad Foxpro ended up in the hands of M$... there will not be a linux > version in the near future. unless the fox team could break loose... > > >>Guess I have to get over my headache... :P > >>>>does python has something like cpan.org in perl? > > I ended up shifting from perl to python for a major task I recently completed at >JPL. I found python to be sufficiently complete to let me do everything I needed to >accomplish, better organized, and easier to write complex jobs in. Wasn't sorry I >made the shift, was very glad that our manager was willing to listen and go along >with the decision. > > -- > Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. > / v \ > news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\ http://www.linux-sxs.org > ^ ^ > http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
