From: pat eyler <pat.eyler@...>
Date: 2006-04-27T06:40:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby for command line applications

On 4/26/06, Alan M <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a Linux administrator and I use Perl for scripting.
> I do not develop any web applications. My programs are command line
> tools.
>
> At this phase I am thinking to upgrade my programming language to either
> Python or Ruby.
>
> Considering the fact that I won't develop any web application, Which one
> would be a better choice for me Perl or Ruby?

This is exactly the space I came to Ruby from (and still spend most of my time
in).   I think Ruby is an excellent fit.  It's clean, powerful, and
concise.  It let's
you build the tools you want to, and be able to come back to in six months and
still understand them.

>
> Thank you,
> Alan
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>


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thanks,
-pate
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