Re: Programming / scripting languages in tech-writing

["Simon North" <Simon -dot- North -at- synopsys -dot- com>]

> Does anybody else on the list use a programming or scripting language in 
> their work? If so, which one? And what sort of tasks do you use them for?

For scripting languages: 

I use Perl a lot; mostly for search and replaces and global text 
manipulations (more efficent than emacs or vi).  Increasingly, 
though, it's being supreceded by Python, which is much more 
sophisticated. I use Rebol occasionally for web-based retrieval and 
suchlike. I use DSSSL a lot for text conversions (Lisp/Scheme-based 
text processing language), and of course XSLT ... oh, and 
JavaScript/JScript, plus a little Visual Basic ... not to forget sed, 
awk and a few others ... 

The above I use for work, as in tech writing work.

I use C/C++ daily, but that's because the things I document use them, 
so I'm not really using them *in* tech writing. 

Simon. 

 Software development consists mostly of selecting 
the correct wrench to pound in the right screw.



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