here is the whole story.

I am writing a boatload of ETL scripts that will be loading data into Oracle (see Automating data loading into Oracle. Most all this work has to be done on a *nix box. Except, one task requires some transformation work that can only be performed on a Windows box. This is because of proprietary COM objects that will manipulate spatial data. Additionally, the official support for scripting these COM objects is only via Python, although the docs state that any scripting language "that supports COM using IDispatch" (which includes Perl) can be used). I don't have more details on this at this time, but my intent is to use Perl as much as possible. In case I am not able to use Perl, I might just end up using Python for that specific task. Hence...

I defintely will need to call a program on a Win box from a program on the *nix box. I might have to call Python on Win from either Perl on Win or Perl on *nix.

Phew.... any insights much appreciated.

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In reply to Python from Perl, Perl/Win from Perl/*nix by punkish

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