beating back the microsoftian hordes...

peter renshaw goonmail at netspace.net.au
Wed Nov 19 04:58:34 CST 2003


Peter G. Martin wrote:

>senior Microsoft Engineer saying Perl is lovely, Perl is 
>nice, we don't want to do without Perl, it can be a valid alternative 
>to VB stuff etc.... 
>  
>
but you still see stuff like this peddled ... " ... VBScript or Perl? 
The Windows Sys Admin's Scripting Dilemma ( 
http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/4396 ) then in fine print at the bottom...
"...if you want to get serious about automation in the Windows 
environment, I recommend using Perl because of its extensive module 
support and the overall robustness of the language...."

Regs PR




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