Advise: Programming Language to Learn

[Ian Petersen]

On 4/9/07, Stephen <stephen-d-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I often need to do utility programs to, for example, extract email
> addresses from a text file.
>
> I used to use OS/2 REXX and it was great and fast.
>
> What would be a good choice to use on my Linux system?

Depending on your circumstances, why not REXX?  There's an interpreter
called "Regina" at http://regina-rexx.sourceforge.net/, and I'm sure
I've seen something from IBM floating around somewhere.

Ian

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