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(The "do something if condition" is a DEC Basic+ idiom that perl adopted)
Not to join the language wars - but the moment someone says such-n-such a language is best is naive at best. It really depends on the task at hand, time to implement, effort to implement, maintainability, efficiency, security, history, policy, etc. etc.
There is no best language.
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The only words of advice I can give is - know your tools.
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locale::codes::script
Locale::Codes::Script(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Locale::Codes::Script(3)
NAME
Locale::Codes::Script - standard codes for script identification
SYNOPSIS
use Locale::Codes::Script;
$script = code2script('phnx'); # 'Phoenician'
$code = script2code('Phoenician'); # 'Phnx'
$code = script2code('Phoenician',
LOCALE_CODE_NUMERIC); # 115
@codes = all_script_codes();
@scripts = all_script_names();
DESCRIPTION
The "Locale::Codes::Script" module provides access to standards codes used for identifying scripts, such as those defined in ISO 15924.
Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default ISO 15924
four-letter codes will be used.
SUPPORTED CODE SETS
There are several different code sets you can use for identifying scripts. A code set may be specified using either a name, or a constant
that is automatically exported by this module.
For example, the two are equivalent:
$script = code2script('phnx','alpha');
$script = code2script('phnx',LOCALE_SCRIPT_ALPHA);
The codesets currently supported are:
alpha, LOCALE_SCRIPT_ALPHA
This is a set of four-letter (capitalized) codes from ISO 15924 such as 'Phnx' for Phoenician. It also includes additions to this set
included in the IANA language registry.
The Zxxx, Zyyy, and Zzzz codes are not used.
This is the default code set.
num, LOCALE_SCRIPT_NUMERIC
This is a set of three-digit numeric codes from ISO 15924 such as 115 for Phoenician.
ROUTINES
code2script ( CODE [,CODESET] )
script2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
script_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
all_script_codes ( [CODESET] )
all_script_names ( [CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::Script::rename_script ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::Script::add_script ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::Script::delete_script ( CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::Script::add_script_alias ( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
Locale::Codes::Script::delete_script_alias ( NAME )
Locale::Codes::Script::rename_script_code ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::Script::add_script_code_alias ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
Locale::Codes::Script::delete_script_code_alias ( CODE [,CODESET] )
These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.
SEE ALSO
Locale::Codes
The Locale-Codes distribution.
Locale::Codes::API
The list of functions supported by this module.
http://www.unicode.org/iso15924/
Home page for ISO 15924.
http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry
The IANA language subtag registry.
AUTHOR
See Locale::Codes for full author history.
Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE).
Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Neil Bowers
Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Sullivan Beck
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
perl v5.16.3 2013-02-27 Locale::Codes::Script(3)