Python "SIG" meeting - last night's "minutes"
David Berube
form1 at cooltech.org
Tue Jan 4 18:30:01 EST 2005
Hey all,
In my original words, that was preceded by a blanket statement that Perl
was simply better than Python at many things, particularly, just like
the acronym, Practical Extraction And Reporting. I do not believe Python
will replace Perl, nor is Python simply a "better language". Perl is, in
my personal opinion, a more powerful tool for many tasks. However, Perl
can be unwieldly; it's very flexibility and power can be, in the wrong
hands, a fear-inspiring thing indeed, resulting in projects that have
quite interesting problems.
Basically, IMHO, Perl's awesome, Python's great, PHP's fantastic, and
Ruby is breathtakingly sublime.
Take it easy,
David J Berube
Kevin D. Clark wrote:
>>"Even I am afraid of Perl"
>>
>>
>
><yawn>
>
>I'm not afraid of Python, but I certainly find Perl a joy to write
>code in.
>
>I can only recall *two* Python programs posted to this list that have
>ever worked correctly (the rest were duds). If the Python aficionados
>on the gnhlug list want to convince us that Python is a good language,
>I don't think that it is unreasonable for me to request that they post
>some working code when problems come up. I'm not asking for anything
>that I don't already do.
>
>I don't deny that Python is a nice language. However, I find it to be
>pretty easy to get work done in Perl, and I will not be silent when
>other people criticize my tool of choice.
>
>Regards,
>
>--kevin
>
>
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