converting perl to python - simple questions.

[Michael P. Reilly]

Aahz Maruch <aahz at netcom.com> wrote:
: In article <m3so9lc219.fsf at deneb.cygnus.stuttgart.netsurf.de>,
: Florian Weimer  <fw at cygnus.stuttgart.netsurf.de> wrote:
:>
:>(Quotation from the Perl 4 manpage.  This version doesn't have an
:>`exists' function.)

: Then you've just made a completely irrelevant comment, on the order of
: referring to Python 1.2.  Perl 5 has been out for more than two years,
: and there are so many improvements that I don't know of *anyone* who's
: doing new work in Perl 4.

Perl 5 was released somewhere around 3-4 years ago.  And I haven't
written much Perl code in that time - but any Perl code I have written
is for perl4.  I avoid perl5 religiously.

But there could easily be others out there who still use perl4 as well.
Just like there are ppl out there who still use Tcl 7.5 (my previous
and current employers) and Python 1.4.  It is not always easy to
upgrade when you have to support customers in the field using
real-world products.

  -Arcege