Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

[Tom Verbeure]

Lots of answers already. This is what I experienced at work:

I have been hacking Perl for years, was mostly happy with the outcome
of my programs, but never satisfied with the way it looked.
Also, I have tried to push my collegues (all electrical engineers, not
software engineers) into scripting commond operations and writing
larger programs for complex repetitive stuff. I was never able to get
them 'that' far.

The last 3 months I have been pushing Python on them, raving about the
cleanliness of the code and the combination of simplicity and power
and showing them actual examples. Suddenly, my 'Learning Python' and
'Python Programming' books are in high demand and everbody start
writing more and more complex programs. I love it! :-)

I still use Perl for very quick hacks (script of max. 5 or 6 lines),
but other than that it's all Python. Learn Python first...

Tom



xiaotsing_79 at hotmail.com (David) wrote in message news:<df30afd4.0204292111.31e5914a at posting.google.com>...
> I have a lot of experience in ANSI C/C++, I want to learn a new
> language and which it can help me in the work.


> I just want to clear which(python or perl) is more comfort for me?