Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

[Carl Banks]

"Bob Melson" wrote:
> In article <aamjat$qku$1 at panix1.panix.com>,
>        aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
>> In article <mailman.1020147892.13578.python-list at python.org>,
>> Andrew McNamara  <andrewm at object-craft.com.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>I'd go as far as to say the
>>>sendmail.cf language is simpler, easier to learn and maintain than perl.
>> 
>> .sigfile?
> 
> 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?


So you agree that he shouldn't bother with Perl.


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CARL BANKS                                http://www.aerojockey.com
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