Re: vbscript or perl

From: Alan Mead (amead_at_comcast.net)
Date: 12/03/04

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    Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 02:14:20 -0600

    On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 18:52:16 +1100, David wrote:

    > I have to port a moderately complicated unix shell script written for
    > Solaris to Windows. I've never done Windows scripting before. Should I
    >
    > (a) learn VBScript and implement it in that;
    > (b) install Active Perl on the target Windows box and rewrite the script in
    > perl (which I am familiar with).
    >
    > The script in question most does database stuff e.g. calls stored procs,
    > parses text files then loads new records with bcp.

    David,

    I think clearly vbscript would be the way to go. Microsoft has spent a
    lot of money on research that shows that all their products beat
    everything else. Besides, who's ever heard of someone using Perl for
    goofy stuff like processing text or accessing databases!? I don't think
    it does that...

    It's really a no-brainer. I'm kind of embarassed that you asked at all.

    Have fun learning vbscript.

    -Alan

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