[Radiance-general] Research tools: who what which how?

[Guglielmetti, Robert]

Ruby and Perl are both more relatable to Bash, as they all are interpreted
loosely-typed languages.


On 4/13/16, 9:28 AM, "Christopher Rush" <Christopher.Rush at arup.com> wrote:

>I focus on bash because little snippets help just as much on the standard
>terminal as they do in a script. I'm not writing plugins so I've never
>thought about API compatibility, but only how quickly I can figure out
>how to do what I need. I had two intro courses to C++ long ago in high
>school and college, so as my "native tongue" of programming, anything I
>can relate to that tends to be most comfortable to me.
>
>I've picked up a few python snippets from the web for large data file
>manipulation. I don't find the language very intuitive from the few
>examples I've used, but it definitely handles data well.
>
>I've never even investigated Ruby or PERL. Do both handle large data sets
>quickly and efficiently? Is either one more relatable to bash or C++?
>
>Regarding Randolph's original question, I suppose I've had some LISP
>exposure through AutoCAD but not at all recently. And more recent working
>experience with MATLAB and Mathematica.
>
>-Chris
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