Thus spoke Andy Dingley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (on 2006-06-23 18:10): > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Python, like it's (evil?) cousin Perl, > > Isn't that evil cousin Ruby? Perl's the mad old grandmother in the > attic, spewing out incomprehensible [EMAIL PROTECTED]&% swearing all day.
There's actually a (real) Anecdote about that: Larry Wall, BDFL of Perl, working on some Perl4 code, was accompanied by his daughter: Larry recalls this event later: "I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, 'What is that, swearing? Regards Mirco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list