Python, Perl & PDF files

[rbt]

Christos TZOTZIOY Georgiou wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:23:43 -0400, rumours say that rbt
> <rbt at athop1.ath.vt.edu> might have written:
> 
> 
>>Are there any plans in the near future to support PDF files in Python as 
>>   thoroughly and completely as Perl does?
> 
> 
> Before we let you know about our plans, what are *your* plans on this
> subject? :) [0]

I just want to read PDF files in a portable way (windows, linux, mac) 
from within Python.

> 
> 
>>http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/search?query=pdf&mode=dist
> 
> 
>>I love Python's clean syntax and ease of use, etc. But on some things 
>>(PDF for example) as barbaric as Perl's syntax is, it does outshine 
>>Python... I hate having to use Perl just to deal with PDF files.
> 
> 
> There are two issues here: a) a language, b) its library.  You imply
> that the Perl syntax outshines Python's because it has _more thorough
> and complete support for PDF_, as you say.  I don't see a connection,
> but rather I see a lure to provoke answers

I do not seek to provoke. Sorry if my question comes across that way to you.