Re: [tlug] Alternatives to sed + awk

[Lewske Wada <ryu@example.com>]

Raymond Wan wrote :
>> An old-school who has just came back to the list has sent me an private email
>> that persuaded me: Stick with PHP!
>> Well, rather than learning a new language, I think bash + PHP are good
>> enough for me :)
>>     
> The motivation to learn a new language is usually the 
> hardest thing.  If this is for work and your employer said, 
> "Ok, we are moving to this new language and I want you to 
> take some time to learn it", then great.  In reality, most 
> employers probably say something like "We want a result by 
> some date"; such a statement makes it difficult to justify 
> the time to learn something new...
>   

True, I'd stick with PHP or its godfather Java for most of my projects.
Java and Swing looks a traditional GUI framework nowadays but
they're still useful with great portability.

I only use assembly languages when low memory footprint is
required such as in the order of kilobytes.

Cheers,
Lewske Wada
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