I've used it, and it's really cool. It along with xchat has inspired me to learn perl.

Yeah, I've been thinking of learning Perl. Being limited to HTML and what other people have coded can get on your nerves sometimes :-)

I also heard that you can use Visual Basic for CGI programming, but I haven't found any real information on how to do so...

I have information about that at home (I'm at school). I think you can find a lot of examples at Planet Source Code.

janata, what are you doing on the internet during 1st period? j/k, u probably have study hall or something. but i don't think we're allowed to post on message boards from school...

1) Graphic Design.
2) Message Boards are OK AFAIK. E-Mail is a no-no.

Yes PERL (especially regular expressions) is great. Everyone should know how to write PERL scripts.

Well, unless they're server is too stupid to support PERL (grr).

Well, you should just host on your own computer. There's no reason why you can't operate as your own server- just use a dynamic DNS site like no-ip or 2mydns.

*cough*DNSExit*cough*

Unlike no-ip, dynamic DNS is free from DNSExit, and forwarding (to get around the port 80 block, if your ISP is stupid enough to have such) is only $8/year, but I've been using it for two months now and I haven't been charged.

You're absolutely right

i dont think so i use asp and aspx

Since you failed to use punctuation, your statement could be interpreted as "I don't think, so i use asp and aspx." I think most of us anti-Microsoft people would agree with you. :-)

lol i h8 it when ppl typ lik dis all da tim cuz u cant undastad wat dey r sayin

Hey, you're skilled enough to be a regular on Dalnet. :-)

lol yes i m v. sklld w typn lk dis bc t taks a lota prctce
bt it annyz da hel outa me wen ppl tak lk dis grr

Shut up trick.

Does anyone kno where I can get some syrup?

When ya see me in the streets, don't say shit.

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I suggest learning Python instead. It is a much cleaner language and is way nicer to work with. I despise Perl. It is horrible to try to read or modify, especially if you didn't write it. Python, on the other hand, is a joy to work with. It's actually fun to program in Python.

send me some sample code

Agreed. I've written a few python scripts, but for one reason or another it hasn't caught on were I work...so it looks like PERL is here to stay at least for the time being. The regular expressions statement still stands in either case.

That's a flamewar you don't want to get in to. Learn both languages, and then make your choice.

Alright, if you're going to post, I think it would be better if we knew who you are. The anonymous(sp) "____" stuff is rather annoying.