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What's your favorite scripting language? |
PHP |
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17% |
[ 99 ] |
Perl |
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21% |
[ 118 ] |
Python |
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32% |
[ 184 ] |
Ruby |
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10% |
[ 61 ] |
Bash |
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14% |
[ 79 ] |
Other / Not Listed |
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3% |
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codergeek42 Bodhisattva

Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 5142 Location: Anaheim, CA (USA)
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Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 9:07 pm Post subject: Favorite scripting language? |
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What's your pick? _________________ ~~ Peter: Programmer, Mathematician, STEM & Free Software Advocate, Enlightened Agent, Transhumanist, Fedora contributor
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Maedhros Bodhisattva


Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 5511 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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PHP, 'cos it's the only one I can say I have any proficiency in... _________________ No-one's more important than the earthworm. |
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LifesizeKenDoll n00b


Joined: 17 Jun 2004 Posts: 27
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Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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Python is so nice. I used to get ticked off whenever there was a C# vs Java war and someone mentioned that they should just use Python. Now, sadly, I have to agree with them. It is such a beautiful language.
Bash would be my #2 pick
btw, I am proficient in all above scripting languages, so I know what I'm talking about (at least in my own mind) |
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SilentGreg Apprentice


Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 153 Location: New Jersey, USA
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Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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PHP with MySQL as a database.  _________________ -Greg-
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littlebuddy n00b


Joined: 11 Jul 2003 Posts: 35 Location: Boulder, CO, USA
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Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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LifesizeKenDoll wrote: | Python is so nice. I used to get ticked off whenever there was a C# vs Java war and someone mentioned that they should just use Python. Now, sadly, I have to agree with them. It is such a beautiful language.
Bash would be my #2 pick
btw, I am proficient in all above scripting languages, so I know what I'm talking about (at least in my own mind) |
Having dabbled in all of the listed languages, and done more extensive work in some (Python, Perl, Bash), I must agree. Python is gorgeous.
Quote from my AI professor last year (apologies in advance to all Perl gurus): "Python is like Perl, except it doesn't look like crap." |
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DoktorSeven Apprentice


Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 194 Location: Here, somewhere
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d0nju4n Apprentice

Joined: 19 Apr 2004 Posts: 283 Location: Rochester, MN
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Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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LifesizeKenDoll wrote: | Python is so nice. I used to get ticked off whenever there was a C# vs Java war and someone mentioned that they should just use Python. Now, sadly, I have to agree with them. It is such a beautiful language.
Bash would be my #2 pick
btw, I am proficient in all above scripting languages, so I know what I'm talking about (at least in my own mind) |
I hear _everyone_ say this. I've never really used python before, but I think I'm going to give it an honest try sometime soon. I dont think I've ever heard anyone speak negatively of it, which is more than I can say for pretty much any other language.
I picked php, btw _________________ Linux User 355087 |
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Saa Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Posts: 138
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Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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littlebuddy wrote: | LifesizeKenDoll wrote: | Python is so nice. I used to get ticked off whenever there was a C# vs Java war and someone mentioned that they should just use Python. Now, sadly, I have to agree with them. It is such a beautiful language.
Bash would be my #2 pick
btw, I am proficient in all above scripting languages, so I know what I'm talking about (at least in my own mind) |
Having dabbled in all of the listed languages, and done more extensive work in some (Python, Perl, Bash), I must agree. Python is gorgeous.
Quote from my AI professor last year (apologies in advance to all Perl gurus): "Python is like Perl, except it doesn't look like crap." |
Eloquently put. |
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littlebuddy n00b


Joined: 11 Jul 2003 Posts: 35 Location: Boulder, CO, USA
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Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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More praise for Python:
I wrote a Python script to help me with the TextTwist game on yahoo games, and it wasn't running quite as fast as I wanted, so I went ahead and rewrote it in C. Guess what? It wasn't *any* faster in C.
This is, of course, just one anecdote and does not imply that every program written in Python is as fast as a functionally equivalent one in C, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless. |
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codergeek42 Bodhisattva

Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 5142 Location: Anaheim, CA (USA)
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 12:00 am Post subject: |
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Well, I would have said PHP (as I;m very proficient with it), but now I'm really wantning to learn Python... _________________ ~~ Peter: Programmer, Mathematician, STEM & Free Software Advocate, Enlightened Agent, Transhumanist, Fedora contributor
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lisa Retired Dev


Joined: 01 Jun 2003 Posts: 273 Location: York, UK again! Horray!
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Bague Apprentice

Joined: 09 Feb 2004 Posts: 292
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:12 am Post subject: |
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I have gotten pretty good with php for web sripting, and its seemlessness with html is pretty fun. Its the first language that I have been able to write useful scripts in.
I want to learn python and plan to get mod_python working on my webserver. Can anyone point a good location for a guide of writing in these languages? |
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littlebuddy n00b


Joined: 11 Jul 2003 Posts: 35 Location: Boulder, CO, USA
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:19 am Post subject: |
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Bague wrote: |
I want to learn python and plan to get mod_python working on my webserver. Can anyone point a good location for a guide of writing in these languages? |
Probably everything you need to know is on the python website.
Specifically,
http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/tut.html
is a good tutorial, and then all the library documentation is easy to find on the python.org site. |
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den_RDC Apprentice


Joined: 25 Aug 2002 Posts: 166 Location: beercountry, Belgium;)
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:20 am Post subject: |
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Python, but i am offended that it's listed as a "scripting language". It belongs in the category "divine language". _________________ Fan of the "Survivor Warriors of the Evil Empire of Bloody Destruction and Bloody Darkness" |
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miqorz Veteran


Joined: 04 Apr 2004 Posts: 1170 Location: Pissing into the wind.
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:47 am Post subject: |
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Ruby or Perl.  |
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ctuma n00b

Joined: 24 May 2004 Posts: 29 Location: Northern Virginia
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:48 am Post subject: |
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I had to pick other. My favorite is english, as in:
"Hey, [friend] can you run this real quick?" _________________ I seem to find the silver lining in every cloud...
Unfortunately it's Silver Nitrate in an Ethanol cloud. |
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khiloa Guru


Joined: 27 Jan 2004 Posts: 333 Location: Florence, SC
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:53 am Post subject: |
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littlebuddy wrote: | More praise for Python:
I wrote a Python script to help me with the TextTwist game on yahoo games, and it wasn't running quite as fast as I wanted, so I went ahead and rewrote it in C. Guess what? It wasn't *any* faster in C.
This is, of course, just one anecdote and does not imply that every program written in Python is as fast as a functionally equivalent one in C, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless. |
Interesting.. I've seen a few python scripts and C ports and the C ones were much quicker.. *shrug* |
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red_over_blue Guru


Joined: 16 Dec 2002 Posts: 310
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:53 am Post subject: |
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devshed.com also has alot of nice tutorials for Python, which I have to agree is a beautiful language. _________________ All your code are belong to us. |
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homeobocks Guru


Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Posts: 345 Location: I'm from Canada, and they say I'm a little slow . . . eh?
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codergeek42 Bodhisattva

Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 5142 Location: Anaheim, CA (USA)
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 2:29 am Post subject: |
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red_over_blue wrote: | devshed.com also has alot of nice tutorials for Python, which I have to agree is a beautiful language. | Yay for Developer Shed!  _________________ ~~ Peter: Programmer, Mathematician, STEM & Free Software Advocate, Enlightened Agent, Transhumanist, Fedora contributor
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Muso l33t


Joined: 22 Oct 2002 Posts: 686 Location: The Holy city of Honolulu
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 2:35 am Post subject: |
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Matsumoto's lovely, lovely OO scripting lang. _________________ People Of Love
Kindness Evokes Kindness
Peace Emits Positive Energy |
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Wi1d Apprentice


Joined: 15 Mar 2004 Posts: 282 Location: USA, Iowa
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:35 am Post subject: |
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Bash takes care most of my simple needs and perl has coverd the rest. Also, thanks for the handy bash function 'Colorise' Lisa. |
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Thalion n00b


Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 71 Location: not in the USA
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:11 am Post subject: |
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Ruby is all the niceness and readability of Python combined with all the power of Perl. You can't go wrong with that =) _________________ 'If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you - and then you realize that, all this time, you've been looking at yourself. |
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Slyde Guru


Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 314
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:12 am Post subject: |
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I guess is you asked "which one would you like to learn the most", I would have to say python. Just seems like a fast and nimble language. |
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andrew_j_w Guru


Joined: 28 Jun 2003 Posts: 534 Location: York, UK
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2004 11:04 am Post subject: |
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den_RDC wrote: | Python, but i am offended that it's listed as a "scripting language". It belongs in the category "divine language". |
Amen to that brother! I was converted a long time ago!  |
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