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Feb 17, 2003, 12:14 PM
skateboarder83
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What can i use Perl for?
at the moment i am just making little "programs" like having someone input their name and i return it...what use could i put this to? is it possible to have someone to input the correct name to run another program (like Internet Explorer, or Rogue Spear for example???)...thanks
Feb 18, 2003, 1:02 AM
Andy
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Feb 18, 2003, 1:02 AM
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I'm not sure if you could use it to locally run a program on your PC....but you can do pretty much anything you want with Perl. Its limitations are really your imagination. Calssifieds, search engine, directory, games, and more.

Its all down to what you wanna create Tongue

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Feb 18, 2003, 1:19 AM
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what use could i put this to?

Who knows. Generally it's best to have an idea before you start rather than writing a bit of code and trying to think of ways to use it.

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is it possible to have someone to input the correct name to run another program (like Internet Explorer, or Rogue Spear for example???)...

I'm not 100% sure but I think it *may* be possible with something like Win32::OLE although you sound quite new to perl so it's probably a bit of a step ahead for now.
Feb 18, 2003, 7:56 AM
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if i make a game, wont it be text based? or can u write "graphic" games with it....
Feb 18, 2003, 7:59 AM
Andy
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You can make graphics with Perl (GD Library I believe)...but that would most likely be too advanced).

If you want to leave a language where you can create games etc, give Visual C++, C++, Visual Basic, etc a go. They arn't cheap though Frown

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Feb 18, 2003, 8:05 AM
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If you are looking to create console based or windows based apps then as Andy mentioned you should go down the path of (V)C++, VB .NET, VC .NET, Borland etc.

If you are looking to create dynamic web based scripts using languages like html, css, javascript etc then perl is a good "backend" language to use.