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Originally Posted by quido
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Which language is better for text extraction and manipulation? CPAN is a beautiful resource for noobs too =)
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Python, like OP suggested?
Also Python 3, Java, Javascript, Dart, CoffeScript, Ruby*, C, C++, ... heck even PHP.
*if you don't use the Perl parts in it
Perl is teribad, and the only reason it was so popular for cgi-bin scripts in the 90's was because people didn't know any better. Perl scripts are about as easy to comprehend the day after you've written them as a really complex regular expression. There's a reason why no major website still uses Perl.