Re: Advanced scripting languages (was: Learning Ada83)

[kevin.cline@gmail.com (Kevin Cline)]

"Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com> wrote in message news:<taKdnQ2WrI_qn6TcRVn-sA@megapath.net>...
> "Bj�rn Persson" <spam-away@nowhere.nil> wrote in message
> news:7g2_c.102478$dP1.364156@newsc.telia.net...
> Marius Amado Alves wrote:
> 
> >>> It would also be useful and practical to learn one of the advanced
> >>> scripting languages like Perl or Python or Ruby....
> >>
> >> Wow, they're *advanced* scripting languages now!
> >
> >Sure, a *lot* more advanced than bat files. ;-)
> 
> That's funny, because if it's complicated enough that I can't write a batch
> file to do it, I'll generally write it in Ada. Bat has If and Goto, and that
> is enough for simple tasks. Beyond that, I want to be able to fix it and be
> able to insure that it works...

Strong typing is handy, but it's not enough to ensure that something
works.  Ada has it's strengths, but it's not the tool for every job. 
Why would you spend an hour writing 50 or 100 lines of Ada code when
five minutes and a five-line Perl script would do the job?