Andrew Savory a.savory@btinternet.com writes:
Thoughts on what language to implement this in... Perl + DBI is nice and quick,
Calling Perl nice is not something I can bring myself to do any more. OK, it's possible to do some really well-crafted software in it, but it's possible to create some monstrosities too and more people do the latter.
[...] Ruby is always being mentioned to me but I have no idea if it has DBI-like features or not.
That'll be me, then. With Ruby, it's not quite so critical, as you just tweak your database object class. Even Perl's DBI isn't a perfect solution, because the SQLs don't seem to quite be the same.
[...] Then there's the evils of the world such as PHP, Embperl, ASP.... can we steer clear of these?
Please! While I can't call Perl nice, I won't program in PHP any more beyond simple tasks because of the mental anguish it causes.