SPUG: A morality tale of Perl versus Python

Richard Anderson Richard.Anderson at seaslug.org
Wed Dec 1 21:52:53 CST 1999


Yes, Perl is dominant here in the heartland, where it was developed.  Try
the same grep in the Munich or Amsterdam paper and Python will probably come
out on top, though not as lopsidedly.

As with the choice of computing platforms, the choice of languages has as
much to do with management/programmer preferences than the merits of the
language.

Richard.Anderson at seaslug.org
www.zipcon.net/~starfire/home (personal)
www.raycosoft.com (corporate)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rodney Doe" <rodneyd at microen.com>
To: <spug-list at pm.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 2:32 PM
Subject: RE: SPUG: A morality tale of Perl versus Python


> Perhaps the final word?
>
> Nov 28, 1999 Seattle Times Classified Ad References
> Perl:  44
> Python:  0
>
> Rodney B. Doe, P.E.
> Senior Software Engineer
> Micro Encoder Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: El JoPe Magnifico [mailto:jope-spug at n2h2.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 12:51 PM
> To: Seattle Perl Users Group
> Subject: Re: SPUG: A morality tale of Perl versus Python
>
>
> Forget using the force... use strict, Luke!  =) =)
> 'Nuff said.
> -jp
>
> On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Andrew Sweger wrote:
> > YODA: Code!  Yes.  A programmer's strength flows from code
maintainability.
> >       But beware of Perl.  Terse syntax... more than one way to do it...
> >       default variables.  The dark side of code maintainability are
they.
> >       Easily they flow, quick to join you when code you write.
>
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