On 06/15/2009 06:09 PM, Gary Greene wrote: > If you're looking for shear speed, C++. However if you're looking for > ease of programming paradigm with OO ideas, etc, then Ruby or Python. If > however you want a middle ground, go Perl. It is fairly fast (faster > than Python and Ruby), and is fairly extensible for talking to the OS. > Note however Perl's object framework leaves much to be desired from OO > purists. I know that there are a *lot* of reasons to run with perl, however if you dont already know it - I see *no* reason to learn it as a language anymore. You are much better off working with the likes of python ( which isnt much slower than perl at most things ) or ruby ( which reduces the development time so much that its worth the slightly lower performance it has now - but thats also changing ) - KB