| MadSci Network: Computer Science |
Hello, This is a bit off my main specialization, but I shall try: Both Java and Javascript suffer from serious drawbacks when dealing with files. Technically, these languages are not allowed access to the filesystem, except for reading. Recent Java seems to have an option to let user know that it wants to access disk space and if the user agrees, then it is allowed to write and modify disk info. However, this is beside the point. The best language for word manipulation is PERL (Practical Extraction and Report Language) and I highly recoomend it for all and any tasks requiring manipulation of textual and text-like information. It is intuitive, easy to learn and easy to read language, moreover it is available on all existing platforms and is readily pluggable into the web server. try http://www.perl.com for a start - this site has thousands of links, including links to tutorials and sample programs. Hope it helps, A.G.E.
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