Python is probably supported stronger than what you might need it to be. I'd
recommend Python to start with, especially for a newbie, and then step up to
the plate w/perl. 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Harrop [mailto:don@nis4u.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 12:40 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: to code or not to code?
> 
> 
> I was wondering if I could get some feedback on some 
> scripting / programming
> languages to jump into for a newbie coder.  Perl seems like a 
> good choice
> because everybody has it and there's tons of support.  You 
> can either use it
> for web page development or linux admin stuff.  I don't know 
> if you can
> compile it to a single exacutable under DOS/WIN stuff though. 
>  That would be
> cool.  I've listened to a few people on the list talk about 
> python and it
> sounds good but it doesn't seem to have the same amount of 
> support as Perl
> does.  C++ would be cool but I don't want to have to compile 
> everything
> before I can run it.  It might be overkill for a newbie.  :-) 
>  Links on
> where to go to learn the code would be nice too...
> 
> Don
> 
> 
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