[Info-ingres] Windows Server and batch scripts

[Roy Hann]

Martin Bowes wrote:

> You had me right up until you said Python.
> 
> Is it still dependent upon indentation for its compilation?

It is, and it is punctillious about indentation. That was something that
grated on me for a long time too. But I've actually come around to the
idea and might even be persuaded to say I value it.

> When I first came across that I swore an oath to the God I don't believe
> in to never look at it again.
> 
> Is there a Perl for Windows?

There are two. Active Perl and Strawberry Perl. I feel about perl the
way you probably feel about Python so don't ask me which is better. As
the American Airlines cabin crew once told me when I asked her if I'd
prefer the chicken over the beef, she replied, "They're both nasty."

> Actually having had a quick look at Powershell it looks like a cross
> between bash and C with a few idiosyncracies thrown in for good measure.

The syntax is the least of you problems. It's a matter of becoming
familiar with a vast library of classes and methods that apply only to
Windows. The learning curve may feel flatter if you're already steeped
in "Micropox" culture, but I am not.

Roy