Dotan Cohen wrote: >Furthering my research, it would seem that perl is good for this, as >it appears to be installed in many more machines than python. Or >should I go with C? lso, as I understand it, if I write in C I can >compile for both windows and linux. Is that correct? > > > Are you planning to write big stuff? C or python Are you planning to mostly write small stuff? python or perl Are you planning to go back months or years later and re-work your programs? python I focused my language learning on python because I write things that are used in the administration of systems (Oracle databases, linux servers) and it is the one language that has the rich libraries I need to do most anything, flexible and powerful data structures, AND easy-to-read code meaning that I go back to old programs or look at someone else's code and easily understand what I or they did in the code. Everyone will have their own language preference; develop yours by solving a problem in more than one language and see which one you enjoyed more. --Glenn
