psss...I want to move from Perl to Python

[Larry Hudson]

On 01/28/2016 04:01 PM, Fillmore wrote:
>
> I learned myself Perl as a scripting language over two decades ago. All through this time, I
> would revert to it from time to time whenever I needed some text manipulation and data analysis
> script.
>
> My problem? maybe I am stupid, but each time I have to go back and re-learn the syntax, the
> gotchas, the references and the derefercing, the different syntax between Perl 4 and Perl 5,
> that messy CPAN in which every author seems to have a different ideas of how things should be
> done....
>
> I get this feeling I am wasting a lot of time restudying the wheel each tim...
>
> I look and Python and it looks so much more clean....
>
> add to that that it is the language of choice of data miners...
>
> add to that that iNotebook looks powerful....
>
> Does Python have Regexps?
>
> How was the Python 2.7 vs Python 3.X solved? which version should I go for?
>
> Do you think that switching to Python from Perl is a good idea at 45?
>
> Where do I get started moving from Perl to Python?
>
> which gotchas need I be aware of?
>
> Thank you

Check out this link:  http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3882

It is an account of ESR's[1] first experiences going to Python from Perl.  It's somewhat old 
(2000), but a very interesting read.  And probably relevant to your questions.

      -=- Larry -=-

[1]  Eric S. Raymond