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Re: Administrivia (was Re: \344\366\362\344 \344\362\366\344)
Quoth alex khalil on Wed, Mar 31, 1999:
> On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 12:51:56AM +0300, shaul wrote:
> >Away from perl and into python ? Why ?
>
> I find the syntax of Perl convoluted and unintuitive. As if it was
> designed to do something else then extended and overextended to fit
> other purposes.
I agree with you. I use perl only (well, mostly) for text
processing, and my opinion is that for this purpose, perl is a
very powerful tool. However, its syntax is hairy, unintuitive,
non-consistent, and ugly. OTOH, it's more popular than python,
which basically means that it will run almost everywhere (because
you can hardly find a site which doesn't have perl (at least
version 4) installed nowadays). Which doesn't mean it's good.
> Python looks better in itself and with various libraries.
So I've been told, but I didn't have the time to look into
python. Willing to learn.
And I'm not a big fan of Marjordomo.
Vadik.
--
It was state of the art, he said.
The art in this case was probably pottery.
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