python vs. perl

[Chris Herborth]

Patio87 wrote:

>     Hi I was wondering which was better for doing stuff like, GUI programs, and
> gaming, and maybe even network stuff for games? I know python and am learning
> c++, but because of ease of use I want to know which is better, because I might
> want to drop python and go to perl. Unless Im swayed to stay with
> python......AM I missing out on anything by not knowing perl?

Personally, I prefer Python, C#, and C++ (in that order, usually; depends on 
what I'm doing, what platforms I want to support, etc.) for programming.  I 
find Perl hard to read, despite several attempts to dig into the language.

What I _have_ been using Perl for over the last, oh, 7+ years, is complex 
search and replace... it makes a fantastic sed replacement.

Over the last 9 years, I've been working mostly in SGML and XML, and having 
a killer search/replace tool really makes life easier for tweaking things in 
documents.

The SGML and XML processing tools have always been written in Python though.

Right too for the job, YMMV, etc. ;-)

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