Re: Choosing Perl/Python for my particular niche

From: zatoichi (catcher_at_linuxmail.org)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 12:22:44 -0500

Cameron Laird wrote:
> In article <40657D14.3FBE7E82@doe.carleton.ca>,

> My current instinct is that you'll be happiest with Perl--
> but it's a close choice, all around. I'm most accomplished
> in Tcl, and would happily use it, or Perl, or Python. It
> seems to me, though, that it's crucial that you be able
> to exploit libraries that pertain to your domain, and, in
> particular, optimized engines for linear algebra, graph
> theory, and linear and mathematical programming. Tcl
> lacks the weight that Perl and, to an increasing extent,
> Python can boast in their libraries.
Since you happily use Perl, Python or Tcl, I have a question. How do you
decided which one to use? :-)

Robert

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