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Brad Campbell brad at wasp.net.au
Thu Nov 25 01:11:14 WST 2004


Bernard Blackham wrote:
> 
> As a long-time Perl lover, the only things I'd probably use it for
> nowadays are quick hacks and CGI scripts (the CGI module is
> fantastic, IMHO). CPAN is a handy resource. Though the lack of any
> kind of enforced structure and the ability to write really long
> statements followed by an "... if $something_unlikely;", can be
> confuzzling and hard on the eyes.
> 
> Personally, I'd go Python for any other new project that was looking
> to grow beyond a couple of pagefuls. Things are just a little more
> intuitive, particularly important if you want people other than you
> to develop and maintain it - it's not as easy to write bad Python
> compared to bad Perl.

Ta. This is exactly what I had figured, just was looking for a bit of confirmation.
Ok. Python it is then :p)


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