Perl vs. C for bioinformatics

[Pat Thoyts]

Tom Walsh wrote:
[snip]

> >> Strong programming skills in C are required for all positions.
> >>
> 
> >I would suggest using perl instead of C.
> 
>  Is this a general trend in computational biology? I know a little C and I'm
> wondering if it's worth picking up Perl as well.
> 
>    Tom Walsh

Almost certainly. Perl is _very_ good at handling text strings.

It's probably worth your tme to look at tcl/tk too - especially now
that it works under Win32 as well as X windows. _Easy_ multi-
platform interfaces. :)

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