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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Greetings.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>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.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>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?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Any suggestions or links would be great. Thanks for your time.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Adam</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Linn County </FONT>
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