About a year ago aufrank began asking around about experiment generation in perl. I am wondering if anyone else out there is using perl for this type of thing? In that old thread there are suggestions of modules for use to deal with timing and database issues.

What suggestions do monks have for terminals? Here is the situation:
  • WinXP
  • Must be able to display passages in a "dos like" mode.
  • Must be able to play audio files in sync with the passage. (i.e., I must be able to tell when the audio is done playing)

    I checked out Win32::Console and its pretty impressive except that I can't control things like font face (from the program).

    I think perl is a good tool for experiment generation. Has anyone ever used directx in perl? If the ease of processing (with perl) was ever combined with the purrty output of directx, perl would be the perfect tool for the job. Is it worth the hassle?

    Thanks for any advice!

    In reply to Experiment Generation in perl by justinNEE

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