Perl is included in the NT Resource kit.
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Terry Dykstra (TeamSybase)
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"Jason Kratz" <JasonKratz_at_excite.com> wrote in message
news:8ecdbs$nqa$1_at_flood.xnet.com...
> Java is not a scripting language. Your best bet would be to pick up
> ActivePerl 5.6 from activestate.com and Windows Scripting Host 2. WHS2
> allows you to use ActivePerl as the scripting language if you choose
(along
> with javascript and vbscript). Windows Services for Unix from MS (weird
> name since its really unix services for windows ;) contains many commands
> from MKS toolkit plus more, ActivePerl 5.6, NFS connectivity, etc. I
> believe its $149. You might want to look at that also.
>
> Jason
>
> "Aaron" <asentell_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
> news:8eca7p$19h$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> > Does anyone have an opinion about using Java? Of the two, Java and
> > Perl, I tend to lean more toward Perl. Java seems like it would be
> > extra work to have to compile source code. On the other hand, Oracle
> > 8i has Java built in and Java is pretty much guaranteed to be portable
> > across OS's.
> >
> > In article <8eaf8f$1hd$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,
> > Aaron <asentell_at_my-deja.com> wrote:
> > > I'm curious in hearing about other people's experiences with writing
> > > scripts on NT. I just made the switch from Unix to NT, and I feel
like
> > > I'm working with one hand tied behind my back now. I need a good, low
> > > cost solution. A product like MKS ($400 a pop) would be out of range.
> > > Has anybody tried using perl or java? I would like to have something
> > > that would be portable to Unix since we might be getting it around
here
> > > sometime in the future.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > > Before you buy.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
>
Received on Fri Apr 28 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT
