friend told me I should learn Perl over Python as it's more
prevalent. I'm going to be using it on a Mac.
In that case you should switch to a PC because they are more prevalent.
Also you should learn to program in COBOL since its the most prevalent
of all computer languages.
And yet most
Hi Scott,
Scott Clausen wrote on 30.10.2005:
As a newbie to Python I'd like to know if someone can tell me some
strengths and weaknesses of this language. The reason I'm asking is
a friend told me I should learn Perl over Python as it's more
prevalent. I'm going to be using it on a Mac.
I'd
On 10/31/05, Scott Clausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a newbie to Python I'd like to know if someone can tell me some
strengths and weaknesses of this language. The reason I'm asking is a
friend told me I should learn Perl over Python as it's more
prevalent. I'm going to be using it on a
If you are interested in learning another tool, please, start with
Python. If you are interested in scripting UNIX, Perl is a fine
choice. There prevalence matters, and quite a bit. But sys admins
are usually very Perl-centric, and in my experience monolingual, and a
bit of an insular community
* Scott Clausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [051030 16:30]:
As a newbie to Python I'd like to know if someone can tell me some
strengths and weaknesses of this language. The reason I'm asking is a
friend told me I should learn Perl over Python as it's more
prevalent. I'm going to be using it on a
As a newbie to Python I'd like to know if someone can tell me some
strengths and weaknesses of this language. The reason I'm asking is a
friend told me I should learn Perl over Python as it's more
prevalent. I'm going to be using it on a Mac.
I'd appreciate hearing any views on this topic.
Scott Clausen wrote:
As a newbie to Python I'd like to know if someone can tell me some
strengths and weaknesses of this language. The reason I'm asking is a
friend told me I should learn Perl over Python as it's more
prevalent. I'm going to be using it on a Mac.
