Subj : talking to myself
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Jason Cullins
Date : Tue Feb 15 2005 11:30 am

  Re: talking to myself
  By: Maurice Kinal to Jason Cullins on 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 F
 > 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 th
 > over to the Windows box?  From what I've heard there are a few differences t
 > require attention, such as the shebang at the start of the script
 > (#!/usr/bin/perl).

 that is really it.  a couple of differences but not hard to port once you know
what you need to port over.

 > 
 >  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 
 > compiler, the gcc port (cygwin?), but I haven't heard much about that so far

i've run the cygwin version of linux that runs under windows while windows is
running.. its nice.. not as fast as i'd like it to be, but its nice to have
linux and windows running on the same box at the same time, and it can read and
write back forth to the operating system.. 

 > 
 >  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 m
 > files a few years back where perl made a real difference.  I'd imagine the s
 > script could come in handy for other file formats with a slight bit of editi
 >  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".  ;-)

i own stock :) so go ahead and buy buy buy! :)

 > 
 > Life is good,
 > Maurice
 > 


Jason

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