On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:23:24 -0700 Victor Villa <[email protected]> wrote:
> If my work environment really hasn't taken advantage of a scripting > language (nothing predefined), which should I choose? PERL or Python? Pick the one most suitable for the job at hand. This may be a matter of which has the most suitable librar[y|ies] for the job. You will also find that shops standardize on one or two languages, and that's what you use unless (if your are lucky) you can make a darn good case for another. Programs that are expected to be around for a while must be maintainable, which means using a language everyone else in the shop knows. So in short, it won't hurt you to be proficient in both. A good reason to be proficient in several languages is that as you learn different ones, you can abstract out the basic concepts of computer languages, and that helps you learn the next one. So if you want to gain that abstraction, I recommend learning at least five. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
