[Omaha.pm] Perl, Python, Ruby or PHP ...

[Dave Thacker]

On Saturday 24 February 2007 14:08, Robert Fulkerson wrote:
> Greetings All!
>
>      UNO would like to create a two-course sequence of web-related
> programming.  We currently have my course, which is taught in Perl and
> another course that covers similar content but doesn't require any previous
> programming experience that is taught in Python.  Essentially, we're going
> use the current Python course as the intro course and then my course as the
> advanced course.  We're going to standardize on one language, however, and
> Perl, Ruby and Python (and heck, even PHP) are all candidates.  The two
> languages at the top of the heap are Perl and Python, since work has
> already been done in both languages, thus reducing the amount of work to
> create the two-course sequence.  I, of course, want the language to be Perl
> and have my own set of reasons, but I thought I'd cast a wide net out to
> everyone for ideas that I can bring to the table on Tuesday.
>
>      So, fire away.  Why should we continue to teach Perl instead of Python
> at UNO?  Other than the fact that it's the coolest language ever?  :)

Perl has done some very heavy lifting in the Web app world.  Python is gaining 
favor among the admin community:

One Laptop Per Child-OS and GUI written in python
Ubuntu Linux-All scripting done in python. 

Since the course is for the Web, I'd vote for perl.  

DT
>
>      Thanks!
>      -- b