Learn Python for personal P99 apps?

[dafier]

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[Izmael]

Originally Posted by quido [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Which language is better for text extraction and manipulation? CPAN is a beautiful resource for noobs too =)

He just wants to parse P99 logs and do some very basic stuff with it. He doesn't need the Death Star which is Perl.

TBH PHP (which can be ran as a CLI interpreter) is a pretty decent language to learn for a noob. Of course it's not really initially meant for text manipulation but it will get the job done and can potentially be SO much more useful later in life than Perl.

Also to write good Perl code your beard must at least reach your belly button.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by quido [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Which language is better for text extraction and manipulation? CPAN is a beautiful resource for noobs too =)

Python, like OP suggested?

Also Python 3, Java, Javascript, Dart, CoffeScript, Ruby*, C, C++, ... heck even PHP.
*if you don't use the Perl parts in it

Perl is teribad, and the only reason it was so popular for cgi-bin scripts in the 90's was because people didn't know any better. Perl scripts are about as easy to comprehend the day after you've written them as a really complex regular expression. There's a reason why no major website still uses Perl.

[Treefall]

Thanks everyone! I think I'll puts with Python. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[mickmoranis]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Python, like OP suggested?

Also Python 3, Java, Javascript, Dart, CoffeScript, Ruby*, C, C++, ... heck even PHP.
*if you don't use the Perl parts in it

Perl is teribad, and the only reason it was so popular for cgi-bin scripts in the 90's was because people didn't know any better. Perl scripts are about as easy to comprehend the day after you've written them as a really complex regular expression. There's a reason why no major website still uses Perl.

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[skarlorn]

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[mickmoranis]

Originally Posted by quido [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Perl is impossible to obfuscate, but it's free and really easy to get started with. I use it for the red leaderboard just to monitor logs - then it hits a PHP script.

Array slices? Cmon!

Can we use it to make a statue of rygrim somewhere that stays logged in permanently? Would donate.