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On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, dino1_at_ms1.hinet.net wrote:
> In the process of finding scripting languages for Microsoft
> Windows platforms, cygwin, perl, and python seem to have the
> most supporters.
Cygwin isn't a scripting language. It is a distribution, of which includes a distribution of perl and python.
> Microsoft's own scripting language, namely VBS, is seldom used,
> though.
I'm not sure this is the case.
> Now we can narrow down to the comparison: cygwin, perl, and
> python, which is the most popular? You might have your
> favourate language for both Unix and Windows, or you might have
> one favourate for Unix and one favourate for Windows,
I usually use the !#/bin/sh on windows which then allows the same code to be executed on a UNIX platform. There is a KSH port to windows, somewhere, but I haven't been lucky enough to find it.
The main reason is that I like Unix scripting and cygwin gives it to me on windows.
> it's up to you. Statement your reason for your choices. Thanks
> in advance.
I use the Cygwin distribution because I like Unix but do most of development on windows, so I get UNIX on a windows desktop with cygwin.
-- Galen Boyer It seems to me, I remember every single thing I know.Received on Sun Aug 26 2001 - 12:20:09 CDT