Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

[Aahz]

In article <aamm5k$kv3$1 at bubba.NMSU.Edu>,
Bob Melson <"melsonr at earthlink.net"> wrote:
>
>Look at it this way -- you pick the best language tool to do the job at
>hand.  If python is the better language for that job, you use python; if
>it's perl, then you use perl; if it's some other language, you use _that_
>language.  If you're asked to build a house, you certainly don't confine
>yourself to a single tool -- you use the tools appropriate to the job you
>have to do; why should it be different with scripting languages?

Fine sentiment.  Now, under what circumstances would you recommend Perl
over Python?
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