Which is better depends entirely on the problem you are trying to solve.  I
have found that Perl is great at processing large data files.

If your just doing simple things, though, a shell scripts is probably the
best.

Art DeBuigny
debuigny AT dallas DOT net

-----Original Message-----
From: MENEZES, ALAIN <a.menezes AT ASLK-CGER DOT BE>
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU <NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU>
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 9:54 AM
Subject: Perl vs shell scripts


>I'd like to know whether Perl programming is better than shell scripts
>(speed ? efficiency ? easyness ?)
>And where I could get the package. .. Freeware ?
>---------------------
>Alain Menezes
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