Thanks to Dan and John for your last posts and thanks to all. I am really delighted with the response to my question!
So it looks like the I could use Bash to spawn other programs but it is likely problematic and no one actually recommends it as a first option. So as Dan was saying, I can launch other programs written in other languages from system() function calls. So I could link lots of them together regardless of language they are written in and if I really needed to I could still access Bash commands like ssh, netcat right? I think both Python and Ruby can be extended with C without using a system call. Is there anything wrong with calling them from system calls instead? Thanks again Göran! I read up on Ruby last night for a couple of hours. I am sure I can pick this up. Python is the only language I can actually work at a reasonable pace in. I am just learning C. Is there a reason you chose Ruby over Python? If I am already using Python, do you think I need to switch languages to achieve my goal? And thanks for the tip, I want to sell code not software! I am going to save this entire thread somewhere safe. I hope one day I can compensate or somehow return the favor to all involved. THANKS!!!-Patrick > > _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
