Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

[Peter Hansen]

Patrick W wrote:
> 
> I *was* thinking that there are many situations in which Python is too slow ...

"Many"?  Like what?  I object to that characterization: in two years 
of extensive Python use in a very wide variety of areas, I have not
yet found Python to be "too slow".  I believe this is a common myth
or nasty rumor, without strong basis in reality.

-Peter