Re: Should i use Perl

2003-07-23 Thread Sachin Hegde
Thanks for replyng for my bitwise query. The reason why i need it is, coz I have to design an application which has to parse a file which stores data in hex. By this I meant it is a text file but the contents are to be interpreted as hex numbers Then I have to display the contents in a

Re: Should I use Perl

2003-07-23 Thread Steve Grazzini
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 11:39:28PM +0530, Sachin Hegde wrote: > Thanks for replyng for my bitwise query. > The reason why i need it is, coz I have to design an > application which has to parse a file which stores data > in hex. I think you probably meant "parse a binary file". Hex is just a co

Should I use Perl

2003-07-23 Thread Sachin Hegde
Hi all, Thanks for replyng for my bitwise query. The reason why i need it is, coz I have to design an application which has to parse a file which stores data in hex. Then I have to display the contents in a simple User interface. And also provide ways to change the file contents. So I thought I

Re: Should I use Perl?

2001-12-19 Thread John W. Krahn
Wayne wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > #!/usr/bin/perl -w > > use strict; > > use Net::POP3; > > > > my $user_name = 'yourname'; > > my $user_pw = 'yourpassword'; > > my $pop_host = 'pop.somehost.com'; > > my $mail_file = '/home/yourna

Re: Should I use Perl?

2001-12-18 Thread Wayne
- Original Message - From: "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 6:42 PM Subject: Re: Should I use Perl? > Raymond Lam wrote: > > > > hi there, i've just started reading the book Learnin

Should I trust Microsoft interface [was Re: Should I use Perl?]

2001-12-18 Thread Michael R. Wolf
Raymond Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Currently, I'm trying to find out a way to automatically > save email messages (from MS Exchange / Pop3) to text > files in a directory. I'd be less worried about Perl than about MS *anything*. Perl could do the job, but I doubt that MS provides hooks fo

Re: Should I use Perl?

2001-12-18 Thread John W. Krahn
Raymond Lam wrote: > > hi there, i've just started reading the book Learning Perl and > I'm amazed what perl can do. > > Currently, I'm trying to find out a way to automatically save > email messages (from MS Exchange / Pop3) to text files in a > directory. > > I am planning to write something

Re: Should I use Perl?

2001-12-18 Thread Jonathan E. Paton
> Hi there, I've just started reading the book Learning > Perl and I'm amazed what perl can do. > > Currently, I'm trying to find out a way to automatically > save email messages (from MS Exchange / Pop3) to text > files in a directory. > > I am planning to write something in VB but would like

RE: Should I use Perl?

2001-12-18 Thread Peter Cornelius
While there are some things Perl doesn't do as well as other languages you would be hard pressed to find something it couldn't do at all. While I haven't written anything like what you describe, it sounds like a Perl job to me. You might want to take a look at the CPAN archive to see if anyone h

Should I use Perl?

2001-12-18 Thread Raymond Lam
hi there, i've just started reading the book Learning Perl and I'm amazed what perl can do. Currently, I'm trying to find out a way to automatically save email messages (from MS Exchange / Pop3) to text files in a directory. I am planning to write something in VB but would like to try perl