Date:         Mon, 21 Oct 2002 13:27:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Cassell.David@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
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From:         "David L. Cassell" <Cassell.David@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: PERL was: one long line of input i.e. CR but without LF
Comments: To: mcallasterd@LEE.ARMY.MIL
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Ian's solutions are always right.  So you can go that route
without learning a new language.

As for Perl:
[1] yes, you can get it for all win32 systems;
[2] yes, it is free;
[3] I recommend going to www.activestate.com and downloading
    their self-extracting zip file.  It comes with over a
    thousand pages of documentation.  They host a couple excellent
    mailing lists for Perl and win32.
[4] If you're an experienced programmer, then "Learning
    Perl for Win32 Systems" by Randal Schwartz _et_al._ is
    an excellent book (www.ora.com).  If you feel like you
    want to learn about programming at the same time as learning
    Perl (that's not as odd as it sounds), then I suggest you
    try "Elements of Programming with Perl" by Andrew Johnson
    (*not* the deceased president) (www.manning.com).

HTH,
David
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David Cassell, CSC
Cassell.David@epa.gov
Senior computing specialist
mathematical statistician