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mic
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27 Jun 2004, 5:46 am

I am now learning C++. I wanted to know if there was another simpler language I could learn as well as C++. The reason I say this is because C++ takes a longer time to learn. If you know of a suitable language your reply would be helpfull. Thank you.

M.J.L.C

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27 Jun 2004, 9:04 am

mic wrote:

You could try Perl, its a nice language and its easier than c++. Here is a good book:
http://iis1.cps.unizar.es/Oreilly/perl/learn/index.htm

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mic
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27 Jun 2004, 9:46 am

Thank you Alex! I will try that language.

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29 Jun 2004, 6:45 pm

alex wrote:

mic wrote:

You could try Perl, its a nice language and its easier than c++. Here is a good book:
http://iis1.cps.unizar.es/Oreilly/perl/learn/index.htm

I was checking out this topic and I checked out the link, but I have one question: (actually, a few)

What are you supposed to do with Perl?
Where do you type it out so it'll work?
How do you remember how to do it?

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29 Jun 2004, 7:44 pm

Mich wrote:

alex wrote:

mic wrote:

You could try Perl, its a nice language and its easier than c++. Here is a good book:
http://iis1.cps.unizar.es/Oreilly/perl/learn/index.htm

Perl is a computer programming language. You tell it what you want to do by typing up source code. You remember how to do it because you just do. Here is an example of some perl code I'm working on:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Data::Dumper;
while (<>) {
     $type="mmlong" if (/RANK/);
     $type="mmtxt" if (/={9,}/);
     $type="txt" if (/METER/);
        #this doesn't work currently:
     $event=$_ if (/(\S+)(meter|mile|pole|high\sjump|triple|shot|) (\S+)/i);
   $sex="men" if /(boys|men)/i ;
   $sex="women" if  /(girls|women)/i ;
   @array  =  /(\d+) +(\d+) +(.+), +(\w+) +(\d+) +([\w\s]+) +(\S+) +(\S+) +(\d+)/ if $type eq "mmlong";
   @array = /(\d+)\. +(\w+) +(.+), +([\w\s]+) +(\S+)/ if $type eq "txt";
   @array = /(\d+) +(\w+), +(.+) +([\w\s]+) +(\S+) +(\S+)/ if $type eq "mmtxt";
   push(@array, $sex);
   #push(@array, $event);
   print Dumper(@array);
}

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29 Jun 2004, 8:45 pm

alex wrote:

Mich wrote:

alex wrote:

mic wrote:

You could try Perl, its a nice language and its easier than c++. Here is a good book:
http://iis1.cps.unizar.es/Oreilly/perl/learn/index.htm

Perl is a computer programming language. You tell it what you want to do by typing up source code. You remember how to do it because you just do. Here is an example of some perl code I'm working on:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use Data::Dumper;
while (<>) {
     $type="mmlong" if (/RANK/);
     $type="mmtxt" if (/={9,}/);
     $type="txt" if (/METER/);
        #this doesn't work currently:
     $event=$_ if (/(\S+)(meter|mile|pole|high\sjump|triple|shot|) (\S+)/i);
   $sex="men" if /(boys|men)/i ;
   $sex="women" if  /(girls|women)/i ;
   @array  =  /(\d+) +(\d+) +(.+), +(\w+) +(\d+) +([\w\s]+) +(\S+) +(\S+) +(\d+)/ if $type eq "mmlong";
   @array = /(\d+)\. +(\w+) +(.+), +([\w\s]+) +(\S+)/ if $type eq "txt";
   @array = /(\d+) +(\w+), +(.+) +([\w\s]+) +(\S+) +(\S+)/ if $type eq "mmtxt";
   push(@array, $sex);
   #push(@array, $event);
   print Dumper(@array);
}

What will it do and where do you use Perl? Like, do you use it on the internet, in certain programs, etc.?

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29 Jun 2004, 9:01 pm

Mich wrote:

What will it do and where do you use Perl? Like, do you use it on the internet, in certain programs, etc.?

It will do ANYTHING you tell it to do. You can use it anywhere you like if you have the interpereter.

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30 Jun 2004, 9:10 am

alex wrote:

Mich wrote:

What will it do and where do you use Perl? Like, do you use it on the internet, in certain programs, etc.?

It will do ANYTHING you tell it to do. You can use it anywhere you like if you have the interpereter.

Where do you get it?

By "it," I mean the interpreter.

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02 Jul 2004, 11:01 am

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05 Jul 2004, 7:37 am

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07 Jan 2007, 2:40 am

PHP might also be worth a look. Syntacticly, it has many similarities to C++ but is much more forgiving. WP appears to use it extensively.

www.php.net

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