Python for Perl programmers?

[Peter Hickman]

Chris S. wrote:
> I've read that Ruby is actually more akin to Perl than Python. From a 
> Ruby wiki, "[Matsumoto] chose the name to reflect the language's Perl 
> heritage". Granted, Python definitely deserves your attention, but if 
> you're a die-hard Perl user, you may also want to take a look at Ruby.

I actually found Python to be too close to Perl when I first looked into it. 
Ruby was sufficiently different to both for me to learn Ruby first.