Khepri wrote:
> I've been working with PHP a bit, hacking other peoples scripts mostly,
> to make them do what I want, but my neighbor says it's be more
> worthwhile to learn perl...
>
> Now that I see that perl is very seasoned in Linux I think he may be
> right, although I'm notsure it would be as good at interfacing mysql as
> php...
For purposes of running Linux (or any unix), your friend is right.
PHP's strengths are geared toward use on the web and for database
administration, both of which Perl can do as well (and with far more
range of capability), though PHP is far more accessible to the newbie
and easier to write for markup-embedded scripting and database
interaction (at least to those of us that aren't Perl Masters). PHP was
never written as an administrative tool for an OS or, if it was, it
missed the mark somewhat. Just my opinion, as someone that uses both.
>
> Python appears to be very newbie friendly...but I think I'll put that on
> the back burner for the time being...
Python drives me up the wall. Others swear by it. You'll have to sort
that out yourself.
It is, by all accounts, easy to use and quite good for (limited?)
object-oriented programming, but the syntax and formatting of it makes
me a little nuts. Just looking at it can give me a headache.
> So the people writing programs for X-windows are leaving the keyboard
> shortcuts out?
Not at all. I don't think that's what he meant to say. In fact, you
can generally make quite extensively personalized keyboard shortcuts
work on your system in most window managers. If you're going to use the
mouse, though, it's a good idea to have one with three buttons because
you'll be forced to switch back and forth between input devices a lot
more if your mouse only has two (or, heaven forfend, one button).
-- Chad
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