Python as script language

[tonyf]

I was wondering if many people here have tried using python
as a script language with html.
The way I see it python is a language that could be relied on,I
mean even sun microsystems have enough respect for it to implement a version called jython.
I would appreciate anybodys opinion on this.

[JoshT]

There's a Python module for Apache and the Windows Python distro installs a Python scripting engine that can be used with ASP (and IE or WSH), so if you have control of your web server, using it server-side is no problem. However, client side would be difficult, as the web browser must support Python, which is probably not too common - IE can if PythonScript was installed, I don't know about other browsers.

[tonyf]

Hey ! Thanks for your help.I was wondering,Would you say
Perl would be a better choice as a script than python?
And have you ever heard of Active perl.What would be the difference between this and perl?
Thanks!
Tony

[JoshT]

Perl is more common than Python, especially on web servers.

ActivePerl is the ActiveState company's Perl distro - it's pretty much the most common Windows Perl distro. ActivePerl adds some Windows-specific things, like PerlScript or PerlISAPI (for IIS and ISAPI compliant web servers). I use ActivePerl a bit at work, for web development and as stand-alone scripts. ActivePerl should be able to do everything that Perl can do, minus the UNIX specific stuff.