RE: Programming / scripting languages in tech-writing

["Richard Smith" <richard -dot- smith -at- windriver -dot- com>]

> Does anybody else on the list use a programming or scripting
> language in
> their work? If so, which one? And what sort of tasks do you
> use them for?

I have used shell scripts for a variety of things. I have used JavaScript to
make links display conditionally in help files, plus other little goodies. I
have made makefiles to automate API doc generation.

I am not expected to program in C, but I am expected to understand it (used
to be the same with Java, but I'm not on that project anymore).

I am learning Perl on my own. I find it extremely useful, but it is not a
regular part of my job. There are probably a few other little things that I
forgot.

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Richard



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