[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens)  wrote on 29.10.97 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Someone there asked about Perl, and
> the answer was that they considered Python to be a more maintainable
> alternative. I must admit to sharing their feelings on perl.

<mode=language-holy-war>
AFAIK Python is a language where the amount of white space makes a  
difference, even more so than in Fortran.

Personally, I consider such a language completely unmaintainable. Perl has  
many style bugs, but nothing as bad as that.
</mode>

Anyway, as long as *I* don't have to maintain it ... :-)

MfG Kai


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