Python vs Perl

From Dr. István Albert's link Python vs Perl

EXTERIOR: DAGOBAH--DAY

With Yoda strapped to his
back, Luke climbs up one of the many thick vines that grow in the swamp
until he reaches the Dagobah statistics lab. Panting heavily, he
continues his exercises--grepping, installing new packages, logging in
as root, and writing replacements for two-year-old shell scripts in
Python.

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. If once you start down the
dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.



LUKE: Is Perl better than Python?



YODA: No... no... no. Quicker, easier, more seductive.



LUKE: But how will I know why Python is better than Perl?



YODA: You will know. When your code you try to read six months from now.



--- written by: funkster@midwinter.com

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