I mainly work in Unix environment, so I write script quite often. I am more familiar with Perl because I used it to write CGI since I was in college.A while ago I tried to do some script programming using my PC at home. The idea is to look-up eBay items automatically and do some marketing analysis (helping my brother because he is a professional ebay seller). Doing such task with Perl is pretty easy in Unix/Linux. In Window, it is a little troublesome. I need to install a Perl compiler. Then the program syntax need to be changed a little to fit DOS. It works but not quite convenient.
Recently, Microsoft announces it will support an open-source script language: Python. This is a good news for script programming fans such as myself. Python is a pretty neat language. Its syntax is closer to serious programming language such as C++ but can still program like a script. The things I like about Python are: 1. No need to compile 2. It is an Interpreter 3. Easier to program in Object Oriented.
Microsoft IronPython goes beta
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