Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

[Brian Quinlan]

Mark McEahern wrote:
> [Peter Hansen]
> > More out of curiosity than an intention of starting a flame war, but
> > would someone post a snippet of twenty or so lines of Perl which
they
> > believe is "readable"?
> 
> Does anyone know of research into what the criteria for readability
might
> be?

Paul Prescod has a rant about this:
http://www.prescod.net/perl/whynot.html


Cheers,
Brian