[ale] Programming Languages

[Steve Brown]

>From: Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
>I believe KDE and GNOME are both written in C++ and they are large
>projects.

>I think it is good that schools are now teaching stuff like scripting
>languages vs Cobol.  I ask why the choice of Python?  Maybe because it
>has a strong focus in OOP.  It seems that Perl would give you more bang
>for the buck in terms of languages to program in.  They are both
>excellent choices.  I believe Perl has better community support which
>would lend itself to a good choice in almost any project.  I'll put it
>this way, there has not been a time when I thought that Perl could not
>do what I needed and I thought about using something else.  I've done
>some unique things with Perl so far.

The Python class I'm taking is a "special topics" class (1 hr long). I
signed up for it because I've heard many good things about it (and I love
Monty Python)

The C++ class I'm taking is Data Structures and we're using C++ to play
around with different data structures.

I've heard MANY good things about Perl, and have been reading about it
outside of school. I also share your hatred towards CH.

To Charles Shapiro:
Thanks for your input, I'll definately look into those projects for some
inspiration. Thanks for the book recommendation too, I'll prob pick one up
at amazon (they have them for around 12 bucks used!!!)

-Steve
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