On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 01:02:32PM -0500, Jason Crawford wrote: > On 12/2/05, Jimmy Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 06:14:18PM +0100, Sebastian Rother wrote: > > > I scrited with pdksh all the time lon for now. > > > Now I'm interested into learning another Scripting-Language. > > > > > > I can't decide between Perl and Python. > > > Perl has a lot modules but it's GPLed. > > > Python on the other hand is under a BSD-compatible License and has less > > > modules. > > > > http://www.perl.com/download.csp#srclic > > It is NOT gpl'ed. > > According to this: > http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/README?rev=1.8&con tent-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup > it is GPL'd.
It's the first time I read that. But you are right if OpenBSD has chosen to redistribute it under the GPL instead of the artistic license, which seems to be the case: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/Copying > > > > > > > > > I would like to know some "facts" why Perl is in the base system on a > > > BSD even Python is a BSD-licensed alternativ. Does it have some > > > advantages I don#t know? > > > > > > I read a lot papers about both languages. Also CS-related Papers but I > > > can't decide. > > > > I advice to try both, Python is nice in it's syntax and it's harder to > > "misuse", I mean, there are a LOT of Perl programmers out there that do > > theire best to make theire program unreadable, to say it softly. > > > > The downside about Perl (in my opinion) is the whole "you can do it in > > more than one way" and "you can do it on a single line" spirit. > > Definitely try both, as no one can really tell you which language is > better for your situation except...you. And if you try both, you'll > definitely learn more than if you only tried one. There are always > downsides and upsides to any language, and the best way to judge which > fits your situation the most is just to dive in and get dirty. > > > <snip> > > Jason > -- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Death, Famine, War, and SNMP [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]
