[mapserver-users] Mapscript alternatives

[Lowell Filak]

In my biased opinion:
As a sysadmin/gis-lead/programmer by using Perl I can use the same languge for everything I need to do.
I'm no expert in Perl and I don't feel it was hard to get started. 
My $0.02.
Lowell F.

The following message was sent by "Ryan, Adam" <ARyan at co.linn.or.us> on Mon, 18 Nov 2002 08:20:52 -0800.

> 
> Greetings.
> 
> I use a pre-compiled Win32 binary of mapserver and I've got a pretty good
> handle on the CGI portion, mapserv.  I figured out HTML and javascript, but
> I feel limited and want to jump into Mapscript.  However, prior to using
> mapserver I'd never even heard of perl, python or PHP, nor have I done any C
> compiling.
> 
> My question is:  What are the pros/cons of each?  How hard is it to get
> started (from scratch) in these things?  Is one more powerful than another?
> How?
> 
> Any suggestions or links would be great.  Thanks for your time.
> 
> Adam
> Linn County 
> 
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