Re: [tlug] Alternatives to sed + awk

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

On 03/03/11 13:01, David J Iannucci wrote:
> > If you are looking for something on the command-line but also
> > something for the web, then there is Catalyst, which was mentioned
> > earlier in this thread.  Also, Mason is something I use (but if I had
> > known about Catalyst, I'd probably would have started off with
> > Catalyst + Mason). Both are modules / frameworks written in Perl.
>
> To a guy who only wanted a replacement for sed and awk, it's a bit of a
> leap to recommend he switch his web development to Catalyst :-) I'm a
> Perl fanboi and an experienced developer, and *I'm* intimidated by
> Catalyst. I might be less so if my work allowed me the opportunity to
> really learn it by doing a project, something that will never happen at
> this job, sadly...


:-)  Ok, you do have a point!  Not just you, but I'm 
intimidated by Catalyst, too.  I even went as far as buying 
a book, but it didn't really ease me into it.  Hence I'm 
still using Mason.

I have always associated PHP with web development and 
figured the OP was trying something out on the command line 
that will be deployed on the web.  Of course, I also didn't 
really know about php5-cli (thanks, Darren!).

Ray