Date:         Mon, 19 Dec 2005 23:33:22 -0700
Reply-To:     Alan Churchill <SASL001@SAVIAN.NET>
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From:         Alan Churchill <SASL001@SAVIAN.NET>
Subject:      Re: Simple URL Filename Access Problem
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David,

If string ripping and performance is a major concern, I would recommend
Perl...I really would ;-]

C# is nice in that the .NET framework was built post-Java, post C++
maturity, post-XML becoming a standard, and post-Web Part1 maturity. Hence,
it has a lot of great features built from the ground up with these
technologies in mind. Most of the time, when you are working in these areas,
it seems natural: thought actually seems to have gone into how to implement
them.

It also makes some sense as opposed to...Perl which is like reading tea
leaves.

C#'s future is amazing. If you want something to blow you away, check out
the god of programming languages (Anders Hejlsberg) discussing LINQ:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/future/linq/

You'll never see SQL the same again...

Alan

Alan Churchill
Savian "Bridging SAS and Microsoft Technologies"
www.savian.net


-----Original Message-----
From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of David L
Cassell
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 11:08 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: Simple URL Filename Access Problem

SASL001@SAVIAN.NET replied:
>I like David's suggestion of using something other than SAS for the URI
>read
>but I would suggest looking at C# instead of Perl. There is a method in C#
>called GetHTMLFromURL which would more than suffice. The web side of C# is
>very robust so you should be able to handle anything you encounter.
>
>If you are on Unix, there should be support in Mono for this method.

Somehow I knew you would vote for C# .  Just as you knew I would say 'Perl'.
:-)  :-)

C# is another good choice, as are fun languages like Ruby and Python.  I
only chose Perl here because I was envisioning trying to write the code as a
one-liner in a pipe into the data step.  I'm lazy.  :-)

No, I also chose Perl because I know more about the HTTP and internet
modules
for Perl than for some other languages.  And Perl is more deeply disturbing.
  Like
me.  :-)

David
--
David L. Cassell
mathematical statistician
Design Pathways
3115 NW Norwood Pl.
Corvallis OR 97330

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