Hi Scott, Scott Clausen wrote on 30.10.2005:
>As a newbie to Python I'd like to know if someone can tell me some >strengths and weaknesses of this language. The reason I'm asking is >a friend told me I should learn Perl over Python as it's more >prevalent. I'm going to be using it on a Mac. > >I'd appreciate hearing any views on this topic. My own view is that >it's always good to learn new things as you then have more tools to >use in your daily programming. I started learning Python approx. 4 months ago. I had been using Perl for about 4 years at that time. (BTW, I work on a Mac, too) The motivation for trying Python came when a certain project needed an OOP overhaul. While I was able to code an OOP version of the program, the result was rather slow and ugly. This was only partly because of my own deficiencies - Perl does not really invite you to produce clean code on larger projects (IMHO). When I re-coded the very same project in Python, I achieved a much better (faster, more readable) result within weeks. Most comparisons of Perl and Python also highlight Python's cleaner syntax, I can second that (although I got used to Perl's @$% syntax after a while). Cheers, Jan -- Common sense is what tells you that the world is flat. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
