Subj : talking to myself
To   : Jason Cullins
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Tue Feb 15 2005 07:31 am

Hey Jason!

Feb 14 22:49 05, Jason Cullins wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 JC> Well i run IIS and Apache on my windows box, and i also have a linux 
 JC> box.. but
 JC> perl is perl all the same.

Are you using perl for cgi scripts with apache?  That was one option for a Fido 
frontend I considered and played with a bit.  Never got too far into that 
though.

 JC> So with that being said, i have my MAIN 
 JC> server
 JC> production box on linux, since linux *IS* more stable, and i run all 
 JC> my testing
 JC> on the windows box, with the perl scripts and everything.

Sounds like a plan.  Do those scripts require much editting when you move them 
over to the Windows box?  From what I've heard there are a few differences that 
require attention, such as the shebang at the start of the script 
(#!/usr/bin/perl).

 JC> I remember installing perl the first time on windows.. was hard.. but 
 JC> once i 
 JC> got it installed, it was on like donkey kong.

Right.  That is what the neighbour said about it.  He also was going to try a C 
compiler, the gcc port (cygwin?), but I haven't heard much about that so far.

 JC> perl is a good language for manuipulating strings and files which is 
 JC> a big deal
 JC> when it comes to doing things over the web..

Right.  As well as other local file manipulations.  I did some things with mp3 
files a few years back where perl made a real difference.  I'd imagine the same 
script could come in handy for other file formats with a slight bit of editing. 
 That is perl's real strength here.  Doesn't take much to alter an existing 
script to do other various tasks as opposed to editting, compilation and 
debugging of source code - any language.

 JC> The same with perl, its so easy that i can manipulate and doing 
 JC> anything i want
 JC> to with it.  Very nice..

Amen.  It's got my vote for sure.


 JC> i learned perl original on linux.. hell i 
 JC> have a linux
 JC> perl irc server which helped me learn alot, and i have had other perl 
 JC> scripts
 JC> on my boxes which have helped me along the way.. if you only knew the 
 JC> amount of
 JC> stuff you could do with perl, you would crap all over yourself. :)

Errrrrr ... better stock up on "Depends".  ;-)

Life is good,
Maurice

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