Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python

2007-11-30 Thread John W . Krahn
On Friday 30 November 2007 08:00, Jenda Krynicky wrote: > > You can write Perl with good style ... it's just that there are > several or even many equaly good styles. So everyone's code doesn't > look the same. Or just use perltidy to make everyone's code look the same. :-) John -- use Perl;

Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python

2007-11-30 Thread John W . Krahn
On Friday 30 November 2007 06:58, yitzle wrote: > > I've been using Perl for only about 1.5 years, and never touched > Python. About 16 months ago, I decided to learn a "scripting > language" that I've heard mentioned so many times. I was debating > between Perl and Python. I'm not quite sure why I

Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python

2007-11-30 Thread Jenda Krynicky
o ask questions on the perl list for fear of being told > to RTFM > > -Original Message- > >From: Jeff Pang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Nov 30, 2007 7:00 AM > >To: beginners list > >Subject: Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python &g

Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python

2007-11-30 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: "Jeff Pang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > both you and Paul mentioned that perl is maybe easier to learn than python. > but from many ppl's experience (including mine), python is easier to > get begin with. > > One of the advantages of python is that it can write code with good > style, everyone's c

Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python

2007-11-30 Thread yitzle
On Nov 30, 2007 9:18 AM, Jeff Pang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > both you and Paul mentioned that perl is maybe easier to learn than python. > but from many ppl's experience (including mine), python is easier to > get begin with. > > One of the advantages of python is that it can write code with goo

Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python

2007-11-30 Thread Jeff Pang
ask questions on the perl list for fear of being told > to RTFM > > -Original Message- > >From: Jeff Pang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Nov 30, 2007 7:00 AM > >To: beginners list > >Subject: Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python > >

Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python

2007-11-30 Thread hwigoda
-Original Message- >From: Jeff Pang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 30, 2007 7:00 AM >To: beginners list >Subject: Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python > >I also subscribed to python list, found that python list's message >amount is much larger than p

Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python

2007-11-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 07:54:14AM -0800, JBallinger wrote: > I recently heard about Python. They claimed that it is easier to learn > and to program in Python than in Perl. On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 09:00:59PM +0800, Jeff Pang wrote: > I also subscribed to python list, found that python list's me

Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python

2007-11-30 Thread Jeff Pang
I also subscribed to python list, found that python list's message amount is much larger than perl beginner's. I almost got 100 messages each day in that list. Does this indicate that python has more users than perl? On Nov 30, 2007 5:17 PM, Purohit, Bhargav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks T

RE: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python

2007-11-30 Thread Purohit, Bhargav
riginal Message- From: Tom Phoenix [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 4:26 AM To: JBallinger Cc: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python On 11/28/07, JBallinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently heard about Python. They c

Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python

2007-11-29 Thread Andy Greenwood
Michael Gale wrote: Hey, I have done some scripts in python, I found it easy to use and quick. I found I could recreate some apps faster in python however I found that the regular expression usage in python does not match perl's. I agree, regexp usage in python is quite clunky compared t

Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python

2007-11-28 Thread Tom Phoenix
On 11/28/07, JBallinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recently heard about Python. They claimed that it is easier to learn > and to program in Python than in Perl. My friends say that Ford is great and Chevy sux. What do you Chevy people think? I don't think you're really intending to post flame

Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python

2007-11-28 Thread Michael Gale
Hey, I have done some scripts in python, I found it easy to use and quick. I found I could recreate some apps faster in python however I found that the regular expression usage in python does not match perl's. So it depends on what you are doing. Michael JBallinger wrote: Hi, I recently