Re: GNU/Linux

[Hal Wigoda]

Perl and bash are different scripting languages.    They both have their strong points, and  both have their weaknesses.   (Sent from iPhone, so please accept my apologies in advance for any spelling or grammatical errors.) On May 3, 2023, at 12:06 AM, Claude Brown via beginners <beginners@perl.org> wrote:  > Can develop a program in PERL for GNU/Linux without using BASH?   Yes.  But developing a script requires an editor of some sort.   Most often that will be launched from bash (or other shell), although I can imagine strange scenarios where it is not.   Executing a perl script definitely does not require bash, but it would be a common starting point.     > What is the difference between PERL and BASH?   That is a very open question!   Both are used to execute “scripts”, but the script content is different.  I would offer this subjective difference:   Perl manages a broad range of datatypes and can be more object-oriented.  The library, in general, executes efficiently within the same process as the caller of the library. Bash tends to focus on managing the order of execution of other programs, and their input/output streams.  It doesn’t have a vast “same process” library, and it has less datatypes.  It isn’t object oriented.   Cheers,   Claude.       From: William Torrez Corea <willitc9...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 2:53 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: GNU/Linux   Can develop a program in PERL for GNU/Linux without using BASH? What is the difference between PERL and BASH? -- With kindest regards, William. ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀