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Re: Question on Perl
From:
Raymond Wan
Date:
August 27, 2008 20:46
Subject:
Re: Question on Perl
Hi Jin Hoo,
Jenda Krynicky wrote:
> From: leejinhoo@gmail.com
>
>> I am learning how to use Perl. When I was first time using VBA, I
>> could use "F8" to track how all the variables change each by each and
>> step by step so that I can understand how the whole coding flows. Is
>> there any method to do so (or similar) in Perl? Many thanks!
>>
>
> There is a builtin debuger, but it's a wee bit scary (even to me,
> after more than ten years of Perl). I think you'll have more luck
> with Devel::ptkdb
> (http://search.cpan.org/search?query=ptkdb&mode=all)
>
> Plus some of the IDEs like Komodo contain a debuger. I myself don't
> like IDEs so I can't comment on those.
>
Put it another way, VBA, if I am not mistaken, is Microsoft's version of
Visual Basic. When you say "VBA", you are inadvertently combining two
things...the language and the IDE (the nice interface that Microsoft
sets up for you). The F8 feature you are talking about is part of the
IDE. So, you can't really compare VBA vs Perl like that...one is a
(language + IDE) and the other is just the language. As others have
indicated some alternatives, if you want the exact same feature, you
need to look into IDEs. I'm sure a Wikipedia search will give you a
list of them with a comparison table...then pick the one that you like...
Ray