Perl can be installed easy even by non-root users, so it doesn't show anywhere as a dependency. I don't see why a company won't accept a user to install Perl somewhere under /home/user_name/my_programs/perl Octavian ----- Original Message ----- From: "fmhabash" <fmhabash@xxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:13 PM Subject: Re: EXTERNAL:Re: Anyone using Ruby for scripting? > If all circumstances are equal, perl obviously wins. I have used it for > over 6 years untill i started going consulting. Most of the companies I > worked for do not allow the install of any non-standard modules that > shows anywhere in the dependency tree. All of a sudden, all these years > worth of perl coding were useless. > > I ended up translating all my work to ksh. > > The choice is not entirely technical. > > Thank you. > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l