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On Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:38:13 -0000 (UTC), Jim Jackson wrote:

> I've found perl to be a lot more useful for that sort of thing. I
> suppose if were starting now I'd be using python. But in the 90's eprl
> was the goto scripting language for C programmers.

That was the '90s...  It took me a while to warm up to Python but it 
became the scripting language for GIS applications. It certainly was 
better than VBA.

Pike is good too but never caught on.