On Tuesday 24 May 2005 7:22 am, John Summerfied wrote: > Jeff Kinz wrote: > > On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 10:33:18AM -0500, Jeff Vian wrote: > >>On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 08:33 -0400, Jeff Kinz wrote: > >>>This isn't a programming question. Its a scripting question. > >> > >>Jeff > >> > >>This is definitely a scripting question. However, to correct your > >>terminology, scripting *_is_* programming. > > > > Good, then the terms are completely interchangeable: > > > > Can you write a Fortran script? Or an assembly language script? > > How about a C++ script? > > Your logic has failed, and you're making yourself seem foolish. > p->q does not mean > q->p Well, since I started this never-ending thread, maybe I can introduce a new, but very related question to my original - Given that my original question had to with generating a script/program to add a number to the end of the number part of a long series of file names that included both a number and a descriptive, and since I see that there were many different approaches to solving this little problem, all of which were way above my head, I would like to tackle one language and start learning some programming/scripting skills. So, if you guys had it to start all over, and were essentially rank beginners, which language would you tackle first? And now I'll duck my head ;-) -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
