>>>>> "OR" == Octavian Rasnita <orasn...@gmail.com> writes:
OR> Disadvantages: OR> - Python is prefered by software companies, because it enforce a OR> single style of programming, not the "there is more than one way to do OR> it" style. preferred? plenty of companies prefer perl. OR> - Python has a much better support for Windows than Perl. huh?? perl runs fine on winblows and has many cpan modules for it. OR> - Python has a better support for desktop apps than Perl. perl has multiple gui bindings. OR> - Python compiles its modules to bytecode (like Java) so they run faster. wrong. perl compiles to byte code too. get your facts straight. python has never been shown to be faster than perl OR> - Python is used by Google for their dynamic pages and the creator of OR> Python is employed by Google and this is a good promotion. so what? amazon uses perl a ton. that is very specious and useless. OR> - For Python the backward compatibility doesn't seem to be so OR> important, so x = 2 / 3 gives a different result in Python 2.x than in OR> 3.x (0 and 0.666...) and that makes for more work for coding python, making sure you code to the version. not a benefit OR> With other words, I think that Perl is better than Python for web OR> programming and system administration and Python is better for desktop OR> apps and for newer technologies. again, bogus logic. OR> Perl is better if you live in an area where there are already a large OR> base of Perl programs that need to be maintained and Python is OR> prefered by younger programmers because it is much cleaner (and OR> because the young programmers need a job, and the jobs are offered by OR> software companies that like the language they use to be as standard OR> as possible). live?? what does where you live have to do with a language? OR> The core language of Python is standard more because of its syntax, OR> because otherwise, in some cases there are much too many ways to do OR> some things in Python also, so the thing that "there is only one way OR> to do it" in Python is not exactly true. and that means less creativity as well. you don't understand coding if you think restrictions are good. this is typical of this sort of thread. misinformation, rumors, unfounded biases, etc. the whole topic is useless. use whatever languague you like best. if you want different jobs learn different languages. comparing langs like this is a silly and wasteful exercise. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
