On Thursday 29 March 2001 07:16, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > I know this is a stupid question, but I am very new to Linux and I > know nothing about script programming. What is the difference between > perl and pyton? Why the nedd to create these two diferent programming > languages?
Oh boy, you may get more than you bargained for with a question like that. :} First, there are many different programming languages, created to serve different needs. Just as there is C and C++ and Java and Fortran. Each has its strengths and weaknesses. Personally I think of the difference between Perl and Python as somewhat analogous to the difference between C and C++. Perl has many of the virtues, and many of the shortcomings, of C. I think of Python as trying to answer some of the shortcomings of Perl in much the same way that C++ tries to answer the shortcomings of C. Perl hackers, put your hackles back down. I'm not qualified to debate this subject, these are my impressions only. Here are a couple of links that might help. http://www.perl.com/pub/language/versus/python.html http://www.python.org/doc/essays/comparisons.html http://noframes.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue73/3882.html -- Bud Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.sirinet.net/~budr All things in moderation. And not too much moderation either.