Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

[Neil Hodgson]

Brett g Porter:

> Come, now.
> The first external release of C++ was in Feb of 1985. What 'important
> operating systems' have been written since 1985?

   Microsoft's Internet Explorer operating system is mostly written in C++
and exposes its services as C++ vtables (COM). It relies upon lower level
program loaders (known as Windows, MacOS, and Solaris) which are written in
bit-banging primitive languages but that is an unimportant implementation
detail.

   Neil