Python versus Perl
There is often this debate about perl vs python. Which of these two is better? Some of my observations:
- Perl clearly has a long history and virtually whatever you can imagine is available in perl.
- Python has a more readable syntax. Easier to understand inherited code.
- Little better OOP syntax in Python.
- Powerful compact code can be wrriten using filter,lambda, etc. in Python.
- Perl is great for powerful unix one liners. e.g. Compressing the whole html directory recursively before pushing to production can be done in one line.
- Python is blessed by google and Perl by Yahoo.
- Getting Perl developers is easier than getting python developers.
If you are looking for a new language for building large softwares, then python seems to be better choice.
June 8th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Read your last few posts…Liked especially the one on “Execution”…Keep blogging