Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

[Patrick W]

rmelson at gilia.nmsu.edu ("Bob Melson") writes:

> If you're asked to build a house, you certainly don't confine
> yourself to a single tool -- you use the tools appropriate to the
> job you have to do; why should it be different with scripting
> languages?

Because the "right tool for the right job" approach is wrong in this
context. It should apply to the choice of language _categories_, not
languages _within_ a category. There are better things to do with time
and mental energy than learn a dozen different ways of doing the same
thing. 

If it took a minimum of six months to learn how to push two different
brands of wheelbarrow, can you imagine an experienced builder saying
to his apprentice: learn both?