program idea..

[TeRG]

I want to learn a scripting language, something simple, yet can do a lot of tasks..which one would you suggest?

my background in programming includes:
HTML (doesnt really count)
QBASIC
very little C++
a bit of PHP, but not much

There is some simulations of stuff i want to make...the main one being trying to create two simple "bots" and having them intereact..though that might be a bit out of my league

what language would be best for me?

[Stuart]

I would say Perl. Grab a good book (Teach yourself perl in 24 hours is good) and learn.

It's easy to get a hold on, I learned BASIC before Perl, and I knew a wee bit of C++, so it may be just as easy for you.

HTH

[countach44]

i found perl nice for making aimbots mainly because searching for modules is easy with cpan... too bad i actually don't know the language and I'm just running off of the php i know...

[TeRG]

thanks guys, i was already thinking of perl,

but some people were like "perl? ew!" use *insert language here* instead, its much better, blah blah blah.

[Outlaw]

PERL, and then develop an extension for eggdrop that will search for players in SOF II land by handle. ;D Actually, may tackle that myself. Good way to learn no?

[cga]

Python is a very nice, simple language.

I have no experience with scripting languages outside of bash for coding.

But I tried to read both perl and python and I find the syntax in Python easier to understand.
Perl however has a good support framework with lots of extentions to play with, better than python as I understand.

I'm guessing C# doesn't count really but you should learn it - it's a fine language. As you have used a bit of C++ before it might appeal to you as the syntax is similar but less insane,

[Tyr_7BE]

Python is slick. Actually two bots that interact would probably be a cool python project, as it's much more conducive to object-oriented programming, and that's probably what you want when you have two programs interacting.