Well, if that's your concern, I'd look at Python instead. Python has a more structured, elegant approach than Perl, but with strong text and data processing roots, and a better level of integration with the OS than Ruby, and runs considerably faster. So, for example, a lot of the server management systems (other than Chef/Puppet) are written in Python or Perl, because there's no/less abstraction from the OS. Matt -----Original Message----- From: Steve Harville [mailto:steve.harville@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:33 PM To: Matthew Zito; oracle-l Subject: Re: Anyone using Ruby for scripting? > In any case, trying to do team programming with perl can be annoying, > because you need to really get people to agree on common practices and > conventions, because otherwise you have six different ways of doing the same > thing, and your code turns into a mess. This is why I was looking at Ruby. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l