Perl definitely.
It basically kicks arse for all those things. Especially Data manipulation
(mmmmm regular expressions), and it's easy to learn the basics, and there
is lots more to learn as well.
Brock Henry
At 10:42 15/12/2000 +1100, you wrote:
>I need to learn a language... the <Learning to Program> thread didn't
>help, cos everyone was talking about theory and concepts. The need is for
>something practical.
>
>Needs:
>
>Mainly cgi/db, occassional quick and dirty data manipulation
>
>Time to spend on it:
>
>Not enough.... it's not my main business.
>
>Tried:
>
>PERL... yuk.. .ugly... but I would do it if it really was the best...
>
>Thought about:
>
>Python, C
>
>Experience:
>
>COBOL, Assembler, RPG (25 years ago.. times have changed),
>Filemaker (yuk again... the best one can say is that it works).
>
>Can anyone make suggestions?
>
>
>
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