both you and Paul mentioned that perl is maybe easier to learn than python. but from many ppl's experience (including mine), python is easier to get begin with.
One of the advantages of python is that it can write code with good style, everyone's code looks the same.but for perl's code style, oops you can think of that... Many guys learned perl and were confused for perl's context concept. I remembered a guy asked, @x = (1,2,3); @y = (2,3,4); $a = @x; $b = @y; surely $a == $b, but why not @x == @y ? Some guys answered him. But he was not satisfied with all the answers, finally he switched to python and threw up some dirty words on perl (google it with the keyword of "perl是一种邪教"). ok I said some OP words here, it doesn't mean I like python more than perl. In fact I have used perl for about 5 years, I like it than any others. On Nov 30, 2007 10:00 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it may mean that fewer people ask questions about perl because > > 1) perl is easier to use > 2) perl is more mature and people are more versed in it > 3) python is newer so more people are unfamiliar with it > 4) people are afraid to ask questions on the perl list for fear of being told > to RTFM > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Jeff Pang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Nov 30, 2007 7:00 AM > >To: beginners list <beginners@perl.org> > >Subject: Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python > > > >I also subscribed to python list, found that python list's message > >amount is much larger than perl beginner's. I almost got 100 messages > >each day in that list. Does this indicate that python has more users > >than perl? > > > >On Nov 30, 2007 5:17 PM, Purohit, Bhargav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Thanks Tom for describing perl in very short but very sweet way! > >> > >> "In a perfect world, you would learn every possible programming > >> language, then you could always choose the best one for each task. If > >> you did that, you'd probably write most of your programs in Perl." > >> > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://learn.perl.org/ > > > > > >
