Python vs Perl

[Andy Leighton]

On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 06:41:39 GMT, Thomas Weholt <thomas at cintra.no> wrote:
>This question has been asked several times before so you might find a
>better answer than mine searchin deja.com, but :
>
>Perl vs. Python :
>
>* Perl is harder to read than Python. This makes debugging and re-use
>of other peoples code harder.

Of course if you only know Perl, I would think Perl would be the easiest
to read.  Although it would be fair to say that Python is more transparent
than Perl.

>* Python is more object-oriented than Perl

In what way?  Admittedly Python programmers tend to use OO code more than
Perl programmers.  But I believe that is mainly due to culture.


I find Python more fun to develop and it is easier to refactor,

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