Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

[holger krekel]

Jason Voegele wrote:
> holger krekel <pyth at devel.trillke.net> wrote in message news:<mailman.1020443888.21994.python-list at python.org>...
> > Alex Martelli wrote:
> > > (... lots of interesting stuff ...)
> > > One day I'd really love to co-author a *balanced* comparison
> > > of Python's and Ruby's pluses and minuses -- "co-author" 'cause
> > > I'd need to find a partner in crime who admires Python but
> > > still prefers Ruby, just as I admire Ruby but still prefer
> > > Python -- and one "into" Ruby's triviae and minutiae as well
> > > as overall philosophy as much as I'm "into" Python's.  Oh well, one day...
> > 
> > i really hope that this 'one day' will come. Last time i checked
> > i couldn't find much of any comparison. Just one or two meaningless
> > paragraphs in ruby's documentation, IIRC.
> 
> You can find a brief but fairly balanced comparison at:
> 
>     http://www.rubycentral.com/faq/rubyfaq-2.html
> 
> It doesn't go into the amount of detail that you'd like, but it's
> certainly better than that infamous and regrettable Bruce Eckel piece.
> :-)

thanks for inserting the pointer. That is exactly what i was refering
to: just a bunch of quite superficial high-level statements IMO.
In the end i am probably going to program bigger stuff with Ruby 
to get a deeper impression...

    holger