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RE: [ccp4bb]: scripting
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Don't think this has been answered:
I really would not bother with anything apart from python, and I've
almost completely abandoned silly csh scripts. Apparently, everybody
who has made the small effort agrees. (For those people that don't, it
usually seems to be that they cannot be bothered to change; I found it
*well* worth the effort, however.)
I didn't find it to be a steep learning curve at all - in fact, I think
I had a lot more trouble with Perl, because of all perl's 'magic'. The
tutorial on the website gets you up to speed pretty quickly:
www.python.org, just search around.
And then there's the wonderful concise reference book - for people that
know what they want to do: "Python, Essential Reference", 2nd edition;
David M. Beazley.
In short: do yourself the favour.
phx.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bernhard Rupp [mailto:br@llnl.gov]
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 1:39 PM
To: ccp4bb@dl.ac.uk
Subject: [ccp4bb]: scripting
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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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