Re: [Tutor] Newbie Question - Python vs Perl

2005-10-31 Thread Tim Johnson
* Scott Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [051030 16:30]: > 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

Re: [Tutor] Newbie Question - Python vs Perl

2005-10-31 Thread Andrew P
If you are interested in learning another tool, please, start with Python. If you are interested in scripting UNIX, Perl is a fine choice. There prevalence matters, and quite a bit. But sys admins are usually very Perl-centric, and in my experience monolingual, and a bit of an insular community

Re: [Tutor] Newbie Question - Python vs Perl

2005-10-31 Thread Liam Clarke
On 10/31/05, Scott Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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

Re: [Tutor] Newbie Question - Python vs Perl

2005-10-31 Thread Jan Eden
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

Re: [Tutor] Newbie Question - Python vs Perl

2005-10-31 Thread Alan Gauld
> friend told me I should learn Perl over Python as it's more > prevalent. I'm going to be using it on a Mac. In that case you should switch to a PC because they are more prevalent. Also you should learn to program in COBOL since its the most prevalent of all computer languages. And yet most fol

Re: [Tutor] Newbie Question - Python vs Perl

2005-10-30 Thread Kent Johnson
Scott Clausen wrote: > 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. http://wiki.pytho

[Tutor] Newbie Question - Python vs Perl

2005-10-30 Thread Scott Clausen
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.