Re: [tlug] What is the most appropriate scripting language

["Ian MacLean" <imaclean@example.com>]

On 1/16/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:

on.

> The only thing I like better in perl is the more natural syntax for
> regexes.

What are you referring to?  The "target ~= regex" notation?

exactly :

import re
p = re.compile('[a-z]+')
if p.match("some text"):
   do_somthing()

in python vs :

if ( "some text" =~ /[a-z]+/ ) {
    do_somthing();

}
in perl.

Ian