Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

[DeepBleu]

"Chris" <chris at cmb-enterprises.com> wrote in message
news:chris-90CE30.01535006052002 at corp.supernews.com...
> In article <m3lmaxuacu.fsf at chvatal.cbbrowne.com>,
>  Christopher Browne <cbbrowne at acm.org> wrote:
>
> > Outside of that, I'd suggest that a lot of the problem comes from Perl
> > having been a "hot, in-language" attracting a lot of bad programmers.
> >
> >   "If Ada became the hot, in-language  you would see a lot more bad code
> >    in   Ada."
> >    -- Thaddeus L.  Olczyk <olczyk at interaccess.com>, comp.lang.C++
> >
> > Substitute Python for Ada and it still remains truth...
>
> Exactly.  You can write bad code in any language.  On the other hand,
> you can write really good, robust, readable, maintainable code in Perl.
>
> Programming is about 99% concepts and 1% syntax, if that much even. A
> poorly written Python program that can be easily read is still poorly
> written.

Give me a break!  Of course you can write bad code in any language.  And of
course you can write good code in any language.  You can even program an
ancient abacus to solve a space time problem in Physics.  But when it comes
to the style itself and the readability and the look, nothing beats Python.
I can not understand how anyone can even recommend Perl, a beat up clunky
ugly language, for a project in a modern setting.
DeepBleu