[ccp4bb]: scripting

[Bernhard Rupp <br@llnl.gov>]

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Dear All:

This is a call for advice to the scripting pros:

I have come to the limit of what at least I personally can do
with csh scripts (although admittedly Jim Holton's Elves attest
to their power - given a competent scripter).

Is there a preference for lets say Python or something in the
crystallographic programmer's community? Can I also use python
instead of my perl or java or vbs scripts, for example?
Is there something like a csh2python etc converter to speed
the process up? How steep is the learning/transition curve?
Good book?

I am sure someone went through the same pains already -
any advice would be appreciated.

br

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Bernhard Rupp
Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics
2128 Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-2128
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