Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

[Billy Ng]

Don't get me wrong.  I said I did not feel comfortable to use Pytohn RE
because I am not familiar with the methods.  I don't mean that the Python
one is not as good as Perl. :-)

Billy Ng

"Mark McEahern" <marklists at mceahern.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.1020222424.15831.python-list at python.org...
> [Billy Ng]
> > I am also new to python.  I think python will be my replacement of perl.
> > However, if I need to do very heavy regular expression, I still
> > prefer perl.
> > I just don't feel comfortable with the python's re syntax.
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> I've heard this sentiment expressed before.  I can count on my hands the
> number of times I've used Perl--all before I learned about Python--so I'm
> largely ignorant of Perl.
>
> Could you give us a concrete example where the use of regular expressions
in
> Perl is superior to Python?
>
> Thanks,
>
> // mark
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