# Ruby GUI for a program that works on perl files **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [May 20, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gui-for-a-program-that-works-on-perl-files/168441 "2009-05-20T21:11:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![khanjan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@khanjan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/khanjan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gui-for-a-program-that-works-on-perl-files/168441/1 "2009-05-20T21:11:49Z")
Hey all, I am new to Ruby and trying to learn it. I have a program that is written in the form of Perl and XML files, and runs from the command line right now. I want to create a GUI for the same, so that a user can run the same perl files from a User interface. So, I was wondering if Ruby is the correct language for what I want to do or some language like Lisp or Python is more suited for the same? Thanks in advance, Khanjan ---
**Author:** ![khanjan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@khanjan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/khanjan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-gui-for-a-program-that-works-on-perl-files/168441/2 "2009-05-20T21:53:07Z")
Khanjan Gandhi wrote: > Hey all, > > I am new to Ruby and trying to learn it. I have a program that is > written in the form of Perl and XML files, and runs from the command > line right now. I want to create a GUI for the same, so that a user can > run the same perl files from a User interface. So, I was wondering if > Ruby is the correct language for what I want to do or some language like > Lisp or Python is more suited for the same? > > Thanks in advance, > > Khanjan Wouldn’t it be better to do the GUI with perl then? The tk bindings are nice, I haven’t tried the gtk+ ones.