Python versus Perl ?

[chris]

surfunbear at yahoo.com wrote:
> I've read some posts on Perl versus Python and studied a bit of my
> Python book.
>
>  I'm a software engineer, familiar with C++ objected oriented
> development, but have been using Perl because it is great for pattern
> matching, text processing, and automated testing. Our company is
really
> fixated on risk managnemt and the only way I can do enough testing
> without working overtime (which some people have ended up doing) is
by
> automating my testing. That's what got me started on Perl.
>
>  I've read that many people prefer Python and that it is better than
> Perl. However, I want to ask a few other questions.
>

This doesn't directly address your questions, but may be useful for
you, being a C++ programmer.

http://www.strombergers.com/python/

It is biased towards Python, obviously, but shows some practical
differences between Python and Perl that may be of interest.

-Chris