Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h0T3HG103496 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 21:17:16 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 209.68.248.164 Received: from newsfeed.cts.com (newsfeed.cts.com [209.68.248.164]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h0T3HGm03491 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 21:17:16 -0600 Received: from fatcity.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by newsfeed.cts.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id QAA05872; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 16:00:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by fatcity.com (26-Feb-2001/v1.0g-b72/bab) via UUCP id 0053C9F3; Tue, 28 Jan 2003 14:49:28 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 14:49:28 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: Tim Bunce Sender: root@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: Tim Bunce Subject: Re: Perl - Was unix time conversion function Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 72; ListGuru (c) 1996-2001 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 09:59:46AM -0800, Orr, Steve wrote: > If you can do it in Perl chances are you can do it better in Python and > someone can actually read and understand it without a PHD... AKA Perl Helper > Dweeb. :-) In Perl it takes effort to write readable code but it comes > naturally in Python. > > > Check it out: > www.python.org/doc/essays/blurb.html > http://www.orbtech.com/web/python/why > http://www.networkcomputing.com/unixworld/tutorial/005/005.html#Others > http://www.developer.com/open/print.php/610691 "If you can do it in Perl chances are" someone already has... Check it out: http://search.cpan.org Just search for something... Tim. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Tim Bunce INET: Tim.Bunce@pobox.com Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).