scripting language newbie - compatibility

[Paul Duffin]

gbp wrote:
> 
> Java is the best bet for cross platform, but isn't a scripting langauge!
> 

In theory but not in practice. JVMs, even ones on the same machine are not
completely compatible for many reasons.

> Server side web programming is very crossplatform in a way.  The client
> is the web browser.
> 
> I've used Perl and Python.  Go ahead and try Python first.  I think its
> a little better as far as the cross platform ability.  Perl was a child
> of Unix.
> 

Where was Python originally developed ? UNIX ? Windows ? Mac ?

I personally think that Tcl is the most cross platform language of the
three that the original poster mentioned. I have not used the others but
have spent some time looking at how each language implements the features
that I want and find that for my use Tcl is a better cross platform 
solution.

> Kurt Aistinger wrote:
> >
> > Hello everybody!
> > I recently decided to learn a scripting language like perl, tcl or python
> > and can't decide which I should choose.
> > Someone told me that perl is source-compatible, you can take the source from
> > unix, copy it to windows and it runs, which is reallly cool I think.
> > Nevertheless, I think that programs in python are easier to read and to
> > understand and that they're shorter, which makes it more sympathic to me.
> > are python-programs source-compatible, too?
> >
> >                     regards,
> >                                     Harald