Perl is worse! (was: Python is Wierd!)

[Thomas Weholt]

On reason for letting people use Perl in Zope is that Perl is by far
the most used script-language for CGI. By opening for Perl Zope will
have a potentially larger user-group and get acceptance faster. 

Anyway, python still rules, and I hope they could support more
python-like scripting inside pages, like PHP, ASP etc.

Thomas

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 08:44:12 GMT, Jonathan <theebh at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Just finished putting down the 'Learning Python' book and tried some of
>the examples. Somehow i happened to have the itch of grabbing
>my 'Programming PERL' book and browse through it again to have a
>comparison(it was a long time since i last used PERL, after i picked up
>PHP). Looking at the Modules, Packages and Classes chapter, and - oh my
>god - the whole thing now looks like a mess! I don't think i will ever
>bother using PERL again (unless it's a 5-10 lines kind of thing).
>Python's syntax now seem much 'cleaner' and intuitive. But then i guess
>you all shld have known this by now:)
>
>But the irony now is that ZOPE will be 'opened' to PERL too. I have
>read through the 'debates' going on in the zope mailing list, but it
>still doesn't make sense - why allow Zope to be polluted by something
>that is clearly deficient? It's like allowing people to use sand
>instead of cement to build a house. (I haven't mastered Zope yet, so i
>will restrain from commenting any further)
>
>regards,
>jonathan
>
>
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