On Wednesday 25 May 2005 9:11 am, Les Mikesell wrote: > Before you start something really complicated in a shell script, though, > you should think through whether it would be better in a more > comprehensive language like perl. In shell, you have extra overhead > of starting other programs for each operation. This is done very > efficiently but still is extra work compared to built-in operations, and > there are some operations like working with sockets that are included > in perl but not sh. > Pardon me if I don't reply to each of the contributors' posts in this thread, but know, all of you, that I find this very useful, and I'm reading each of your contributions to the discussion. As to your comments above, Les, I have been doing some research and reading, and had decided to work on Bash and Python. I'm currently reading a book on Bash, and I bought one yesterday to introduce myself to Python. I had started to work on Perl a few years ago, but never could get the steam up to really get a grip on it. Lately, I've come up with comment after comment in my research/readings on this subject, many by Perl programmers who've been doing it for years, about the virtues of Python. What do you guys think? -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
