Joshua Kugler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Pat wrote: >>> Rewrite everything in python. Save yourself now...while you still >>> can. >>> >>> ~Sean >> >> Trust me. Sean is absolutely correct. I'm currently in the process of >> converting a large Perl project to Python (and learning Python at the >> same time) and the improvement in code is incredible. After you learn >> Python, you'll come to despise Perl. > > I'm not a Python fan-boy, but I'm going to have to agree with Sean too. I > had been using Perl on-and-off for some 10 years, when I finally had to > write a 500-ish line script in Perl for some data processing. It got messy > in a hurry. Is this a hash? Is it a reference to a hash? Is it a reference > to a hash of array references? Gaaah! I rewrote it in Python, and it was > so much easier to keep all my data structures straight. > > j
Perl just gives you a lot of rope. You can do a lot of neat things with rope. ;) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list