Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

[John J. Lee]

On Mon, 6 May 2002, DeepBleu wrote:
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> I can not understand how anyone can even recommend Perl, a beat up clunky
> ugly language, for a project in a modern setting.

Perl has masses of free library code.  If there's reusable code in Perl
and not in Python, it makes sense to use Perl.  Admittedly, that didn't
stop me porting a package from Perl recently, just so I could use Python
instead...


John