<quote who="David">
> Needs:
>
> Mainly cgi/db, occassional quick and dirty data manipulation
>
> Time to spend on it:
>
> Not enough.... it's not my main business.
Don't bother fighting with a language just to learn it - go for something
simple, straight-forward, and well defined.
INTERCAL.
Ooops! My apologies, I really meant to say Python. ;)
If the bulk of what you do is web based, then go for PHP. You can also use
it as a conventional script processor as well, for DB crunching etc. PHP
gives a quick'n'dirty approach to web stuff, whilst with Python, you'll have
to deal with many of the intricacies yourself (which is often a good thing,
but it doesn't sound like you're interested in the random details).
I'm not much of a Perl fan, or at least I haven't been dragged kicking and
screaming into so-called enlightenment yet. Maybe one day. :)
- Jeff
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