[Novalug] Perl -- How it is perceived in the world of M$ Windows

[William Sutton]

I'll also add that if you want a real programming challenge, try writing 
a CPAN-quality OO Perl module to read and write Summation DII files.  It's 
more difficult than it sounds because the official sample documentation 
doesn't actually cover all of the ... odd ... cases.

William Sutton

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009, William Sutton wrote:

> He's certainly welcome to his opinion.  I know my company uses Perl very
> extensively in the lit support business, and I personally use it daily.
>
> Like anything, it is a matter of experience, education, and willingness to
> learn.  Concordance and Summation document data files are just csv files
> with a specific set of delimiters and quotes.  Opticon log files are also
> just csv files.  You probably don't want Perl to load the data files
> _into_ Concordance or Summation, but you sure can use it to generate the
> data sets.  All it takes is a little effort to learn.
>
> William Sutton
>
> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009, Paul D. Bain wrote:
>
>> Mark Smith wrote:
>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 04:42:52PM -0400, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've pretty much been writing in Perl (and shell) for 20 years now.
>>>>
>>>> even today, it's a really good language for just about everything.
>>>> sadly, some folks have negative connotations associated with perl.
>>>> not sure why it gets a poor review from those people.
>>
>> 	These days, I spend most of my time in the legal technology world
>> (LTW), where the awareness of OSS is _very_ low. One of the LTW mailing
>> lists (ML's) that I read most assiduously is for professionals who work
>> in the field of litigation support ("Lit support"), which ML bears the
>> name "litSupport at YahooGroups.com."
>>
>> 	Hereinbelow is an email regarding Perl that recently appeared on this
>> mailing list. The author of the email, Calvin Smith, claims that he has
>> been an IT professional for many years.
>>
>> 	 I am _not_ making this sh1t up.
>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>
>>>> From: "edward.valio" <evalio at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:24:09
>>>>
>>>> To: <litsupport at yahoogroups.com>
>>>>
>>>> Subject: [litsupport] Re: Concordance bates # search
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm certainly continuing to monitor this thread with interest, however I fear that it has outstripped my ability to contribute in a meaningful way, since I'm not much of a programmer.  Again, many thanks to all for discussing and considering this issue in such depth.
>>>>
>>>> Ed
>>
>>
>>> Replying to Edward Valio, Calvin Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ed,
>>>>
>>>> Regarding you not being much of a programmer, the DetermineBatesPages() function that I passed along last week does all of the busy work for you within MS Access, if your database does not have any suffixes (NOTE: Most databases don't). I don't think that you ever told us whether your database did or not.
>>>>
>>>> I would be careful including Perl and __other_non-industry_standard_solutions__ [emphasis added] into my workflow if I were you so you (and your department) don't potentially become dependent on something that no one in your group has experience using or modifying, if needed.
>>>>
>>>> Calvin Smith - Project Manager (New York, NY)
>>>>
>>>> Concordance Certified Professional (CCP)
>>>>
>>>> http://www.CalvinSmithSoftware.com/litsupport
>>
>>
>>
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