survey

[Cameron Laird]

In article <kOydnQiaq5BmhbTfRVn-rw at powergate.ca>,
Peter Hansen  <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:
>Dave Zhu wrote:
>> Hello All,
>> 
>> Is there any survey on scripting languages? I would
>> like to get information on several scripting languages
>> including Python, Perl, Ruby, Tcl, etc.
>
>What kind of information? ...

Precisely.  There are whole books <URL:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1578700108/002-9216984-6160028 >
on this subject; there are breezy sketches <URL: 
http://www.itworld.com/AppDev/4061/swol-0202-regex/ >
you can read in a single setting; and 'most everything
between.  Who wants to know?  Is your real interest to
know what the job market for each language is, or the
syntax of arithmetic in each language, or which one has
the best Conferences, or ...?  

<URL: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >