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I believe more scientists are happy programming in Python than Perl. Python reads like 'executable pseudocode'. It is, I believe, easier for most people to read and understand than Perl.
Rather than explain further, I suggest that you visit python.org and read some of the tutorial to see what *you* think.
http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html tjr -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list