[wplug] Need suggestions

[Luquilla Hughes]

My 2 cents;
PERL is cross platform which nets it a big plus and I personally think that 
it is getting used a lot more. PERL is from all accounts a great tool that 
you will truly appreciate knowing. There would be a learning curve however, 
although not much for a 'c' hacker. (I am told there is also a tk module for 
perl) http://www.cpan.org/

"Python is readable perl" so your talking power but easier to understand. 
http://www.python.org/

TCL/tk can also be used as a plugin to your/his browser, and it is also 
cross-platform.
main(down right now): www.scriptics.com
alt: http://tcl.activestate.com/

PHP is very cool but I am not sure that php is going to garner as many 
points on a resume as perl.

Have you thought about Ruby? ( http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ )<--object 
oriented.

If your interested in using flash you might think about cold fusion, it's 
sort of like php but proprietary and it costs you money. (points for your 
resume though.)


In short I would use perl if you have the time, it will benefit you more in 
the long run.
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>From: "Romano, Christopher" <cjr6 at exchange.cis.pitt.edu>
>Reply-To: wplug at wplug.org
>To: "'wplug at wplug.org'" <wplug at wplug.org>
>Subject: Re: [wplug] Need suggestions
>Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 09:31:26 -0400
>
>Well, I don't know perl or PHP.  I was planning on learning whatever I
>choose.  Can you use SQL statements with PHP or Perl?  Being able to uses
>these scripts on the console isn't really important to me.  Here is some
>more info about it.  The reason for doing this isn't for me to use that
>database and web access really.  I want to design a web services for some
>guy out in California.  It is basically a tracking system that he can run
>report from.  He is a snake breeder and want to be able to compare data
>between different snakes.  So, I don't want this as an app.
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