Re: thankee, thankee!

2008-02-19 Thread William Bulley
According to Tim Daneliuk [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Before you go down this road too far, you should take a look at Python as an implementation language. If what you're doing involves text and string manipulation, Python is loaded with good modules that will make your task a snap. Having coded

Re: thankee, thankee!

2008-02-19 Thread Tim Daneliuk
William Bulley wrote: According to Tim Daneliuk [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Before you go down this road too far, you should take a look at Python as an implementation language. If what you're doing involves text and string manipulation, Python is loaded with good modules that will make your task a

Re: thankee, thankee!

2008-02-19 Thread Tim Daneliuk
Gary Kline wrote: Giorgos, Joe, Paul , and Tim, Thanks for your insights today, gentlemen. I began on what may be a very worthwhile [ and reasonably small, *thankfully*] program that may benefit everybody who reads text online. Or off, for that matter. I was using a shareware version that

Re: thankee, thankee!

2008-02-19 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On 08:29:19 Feb 19, Tim Daneliuk wrote: You bet, Perl is terrific. But, Perl is also harder to maintain and less readable in the long run (IMHO and many others' too). Language wars are silly, of course, one uses the right tools for the right job. But as I said, having programmed fairly

Re: thankee, thankee!

2008-02-19 Thread Chad Perrin
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 09:20:47AM -0500, William Bulley wrote: According to Tim Daneliuk [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Before you go down this road too far, you should take a look at Python as an implementation language. If what you're doing involves text and string manipulation, Python is loaded

Re: thankee, thankee!

2008-02-19 Thread Pieter de Goeje
On Tuesday 19 February 2008, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: On 08:29:19 Feb 19, Tim Daneliuk wrote: You bet, Perl is terrific. But, Perl is also harder to maintain and less readable in the long run (IMHO and many others' too). Language wars are silly, of course, one uses the right tools for

Re: thankee, thankee!

2008-02-19 Thread Gary Kline
On Tuesday 19 February 2008 08:16:57 Chad Perrin wrote: On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 09:20:47AM -0500, William Bulley wrote: According to Tim Daneliuk [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Before you go down this road too far, you should take a look at Python as an implementation language. If what you're doing

Re: thankee, thankee!

2008-02-19 Thread Tim Daneliuk
Gary Kline wrote: On Tuesday 19 February 2008 08:16:57 Chad Perrin wrote: On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 09:20:47AM -0500, William Bulley wrote: According to Tim Daneliuk [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Before you go down this road too far, you should take a look at Python as an implementation language. If what

thankee, thankee!

2008-02-18 Thread Gary Kline
Giorgos, Joe, Paul , and Tim, Thanks for your insights today, gentlemen. I began on what may be a very worthwhile [ and reasonably small, *thankfully*] program that may benefit everybody who reads text online. Or off, for that matter. I was using a shareware version that kept annoying me to