[perl-python] text pattern matching, and expressiveness

[Aaron Sherman]

John Bokma wrote:
> Xah Lee wrote:

>>Perl is a language of syntactical variegations. Python on the other
>>hand, does not even allow changes in code's indentation, but its
>>efficiency and power in expression, with respect to semantics (i.e.
>>algorithms), showcases Perl's poverty in specification.

> Clarify :-D.

Well, I think it's pretty clearly troll-bait. Semantics != algorithms 
and Perl (just like Python) has no such poverty WRT specification.

Sounds like someone who learned Python and forgot that it wasn't a 
religion. Too bad, but a disease unique to no particular language. Perl, 
Python, Ruby, C, APL, LISP... they've all had their unpleasant zealots.