[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've read some posts on Perl versus Python and studied a bit of my > Python book. > > I'm a software engineer, familiar with C++ objected oriented > development, but have been using Perl because it is great for pattern > matching, text processing, and automated testing. Our company is really > fixated on risk managnemt and the only way I can do enough testing > without working overtime (which some people have ended up doing) is by > automating my testing. That's what got me started on Perl. > > I've read that many people prefer Python and that it is better than > Perl. However, I want to ask a few other questions. >
This doesn't directly address your questions, but may be useful for you, being a C++ programmer. http://www.strombergers.com/python/ It is biased towards Python, obviously, but shows some practical differences between Python and Perl that may be of interest. -Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
