On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Octavian Rasnita <orasn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Kaushal Shriyan > <kaushalshri...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi >> >> Is it better to learn Perl or Python since i can manage only writing >> simple bash shell scripts. >> >> Please suggest/guide. >> >> Thanks and Regards >> >> Kaushal > > > It depends on more things, like the things you need to do, the language > prefered by your team members, the platform you are targeting, etc. > > If you need to do cli system administration, Perl is better. > If you need to do very many programs in many fields, Perl is better because > there are very modules on CPAN that can help you. > If you need to do web programming, Perl is better if you consider to use the > tools like Catalyst framework, DBIx::Class ORM, Template-Toolkit templating > system, HTML::FormFu or HTML::FormHandler form processors and many other > modules you can get from CPAN. > > If you need to do programs that interact with the GUI of the OS, Python is > better. > If you need support for Windows or for apps with a GUI, Python is better. > If you need to do programs to run on Symbian-based phones, Python is a choice > while Perl is not (because symbianperl doesn't really exist). > > If you work alone and you respect the best practices, Perl can be as clear as > Python but if you work in a team, more and more new programmers consider to > learn Python and not Perl, because Python code is clearer. Or use PerlCritic and Perl Tidy > If you need to work in a team which has blind programmers, Perl is better > because the punctuation chars that makes Perl code uglier makes the code more > accessible than the Python code which needs a strict indentation. > > If you want to use something trendy, Python is a much better choice these > days. > > Good luck. > > Octavian > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/ > > >
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