Hallo, Brett McCoy hat gesagt: // Brett McCoy wrote: > Christian Frisson wrote: > > >As I'm a little picky on filenames aesthetics, my next step is to > >translate this script into another language, in order to be able to > >parse HTML files to get proper filenames included therein. I've > >been hesitating between Perl and Python (as Frank Barknecht advised > >me before), because both are multi-platform and can handle audio > >files, as required for the final project. Which one would best > >suit? I've been programming easy student software in C/C++, if it > >can help. > > I'd say take a look at both languages and try to write something > simple first and see which one feels better for you. > Yes, definitely try both, and maybe Ruby and, no joke, some Lisp dialect, too. Personally I developed a lot in Perl until I discovereed Python, which more fits my taste and my way of thinking. If I would have to teach someone who doesn't know how to program at all, some programming language, then I would almost for sure do this in Python. It's easy to get a feel for both languages, though. For learning Python I would recommend the tutorial by Guido van Rossum, which you can read in one afternoon. I don't know similar Perl docs anymore, but there sure are a lot. As you write, that you know C and C++: If Perl is more like C, than Python is more like C++. ;) Both Perl and Python have good libraries for handling soundfiles, too. Ciao -- Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
