Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

[Chris]

In article <mailman.1020685755.10162.python-list at python.org>,
 Anthony Baxter <anthony at interlink.com.au> wrote:

> >>> Roy Smith wrote
> > So, a while ago, I started on a major Perl project of my own.  Decided to 
> > do it right, with modules to do various tasks, OOP, etc.  You know what?  I 
> > still hate it.  The language is certainly a lot better when you use good 
> > program design techniques, but it's still pretty ugly.
> 
> That's pretty much the experience I had. Something like 10-12K LOC, all nice
> and OO and packages and stuff, and I reckon around 25% of the code was
> debugging to make sure that the wrong piece of line noise hadn't trashed
> a data structure.
> 
> That was the last perl I ever worked on, and I can't imagine that I'd ever
> take a job that required I write or maintain perl ever again. Life's too 
> damn short.

Should you ever find yoursef in that situation, this module might help:

http://www.perlmonks.com/index.pl?node_id=102719

It allows for Perl6 style named arguments, and was written by one of 
that language's designers.