Whats so good about Python?

[Aahz]

In article <8580b02e.0205071527.5b6ce52f at posting.google.com>,
BHE <usawargamer at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>My question is:  What does Python offer me over Perl?  I dont use
>object oriented Perl (which I consider innapropriate) and dont want a
>hackers approach.

If it's the syntax of OOP Perl that bothers you, you'll like Python.
Rather than selling you on Python, though, I suggest that you try the
on-line tutorial, which should take you a day or two to work through:

http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/tut.html

>If Python is a superior languiage thats here to stay, and a better
>language than Perl I'll consider learning it.  I use Perl for
>scripting, file manipulation, database retrieveal and stuffing, report
>generation.

Python can handle all that.
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