Re: Programming Language to generate Perl Scripts

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Re^2: Programming Language to generate Perl Scripts by samaadhi (Initiate) on May 14, 2010 at 15:40 UTC
Hey, sorry about that. Basically, I have an XML file. I need to parse this file, get the attributes and elements and use them to generate multiple perl scripts. My question is, what programming language would be the best to do this? It doesn't seem right to use perl to generate perl scripts as it will become very messy.	[reply]
Re^3: Programming Language to generate Perl Scripts by marto (Cardinal) on May 14, 2010 at 15:43 UTC
Use Perl and the module XML::Twig to parse your XML file. Do you actually need to generate separate perl scripts or simply perform a fuction based on values within your XML file? "It doesn't seem right to use perl to generate perl scripts as it will become very messy." What makes you think this would be any easier in another language? Update: fixed typo	[reply]
Re^4: Programming Language to generate Perl Scripts by samaadhi (Initiate) on May 14, 2010 at 15:55 UTC
I need to generate separate perl scripts, based on the values within the XML file. I am a n00b to perl. What do I need to do say if I want to write $samaadhi(not the value, the text) into a file. Wouldn't it be a mess of single quotes and double quotes? Still giving a thought of using perl. XML::Twig seems cool.	[reply]
Re^5: Programming Language to generate Perl Scripts by marto (Cardinal) on May 14, 2010 at 15:59 UTC
Re^5: Programming Language to generate Perl Scripts by JavaFan (Canon) on May 14, 2010 at 16:13 UTC
Re^5: Programming Language to generate Perl Scripts by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 14, 2010 at 16:50 UTC
Re^3: Programming Language to generate Perl Scripts by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 14, 2010 at 15:46 UTC
Perl has multi-line strings, customisable string delimiters (e.g. `qq!!`) and even nestable string delimiters (e.g. `qq{}`), making it a great language to use to generate code. It also has strong templating and XML parsing tools. It would truly be an excellent choice.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Programming Language to generate Perl Scripts by Anonymous Monk on May 14, 2010 at 16:06 UTC
What makes you think it would not be messier in any other language? Perl is good at this sort of data munging, and has stuff like `eval` built right in!	[reply] [d/l]