Re: Languages (was Re: sorting tables?)

[ben]

Allan Rae a écrit :

> [...]
>
> Anyway, past discussions have usually ended up with Python as best because
> it's readable/writable even for newbies.  Scheme/Lisp usually dropped as a
> bad idea because no-one cares to type all the ()'s and Perl as a possible
> second language.

What are the advantages of python in comparison to perl? For what purpose this
language was developped for? I ask this because I don't know this language...
Besides, I agree that scheme/lisp is perfectly horrible.

BG