Novell has posted a tutorial created by one of their software engineers on programming in PHP, Perl, Python and Ruby in Linux.
While most developers use popular languages such as C, C++ and Java to create solutions on Linux, others are using somewhat obscure or strange languages to create Linux solutions. This article will look at providing Linux solutions using such programming languages as Python, Perl, PHP, and Ruby.
Python on Linux
Perl is the most popular scripting language, by a long shot. However, on Linux, Python is gaining a loyal following. It can be looked at as the other scripting language that starts with "P". It was named for Monty Python, the comedy troupe, and references to their skits and films (most commonly to their hilarious "Spam") appear frequently in Python programs. Python has a number of advantages over other languages like Java and Perl, some of which we will look at here.
