Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

Bob Melson rmelson at gilia.nmsu.edu
Wed May 1 10:55:47 EDT 2002


In article <aan2ll$ib6$1 at panix1.panix.com>,
	aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
> In article <aamm5k$kv3$1 at bubba.NMSU.Edu>,
> Bob Melson <"melsonr at earthlink.net"> wrote:
>>
>>Look at it this way -- you pick the best language tool to do the job at
<snip>
> Fine sentiment.  Now, under what circumstances would you recommend Perl
> over Python?

Kinda hard to say.  In general, however, I'd say that _I_ would be inclined
to use perl in preference to python where there's no significant advantage
to be derived from python's OO features.

Bob Melson



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