Jimmy Scott wrote:
I advice to learn both, you can browse the Python tutorial in one day,
and Perl shouldn't be any harder if you learn it from the supplied
documentation 'perldoc perl' and 'perldoc perlintro' it a good start.
I second that. Also, as with most any language, they each have
strengths. Knowing both you'll be in a position to choose the better
tool for the job at hand. Learn some Perl, Python, and Ruby.
One thing about Perl. It has a few idiosyncrasies. Weird builtin
"shortcut" behaviors that aren't always intuitive. These behaviors are
meant to handle the most common cases, but if you're not aware of them
they can surprise you. For instance, file names as command line
parameters can automatically become more than parameters: they may be
automatically opened and fed into <STDIN> or some such (I have to
refresh my brain every time I come across it). Comes in very handy if
that's what you wanted and it can be turned off, but it'll screw you up
if you're not expecting it.
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Darrin Chandler
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