10-28-2009, 05:51 PM
I'm into perl really big, but I write a little python too. Mostly I use perl because of cpan. It's really just so easy to pull some packages off of the web and start grinding away at a problem, cpan just has hundreds of thousands of man hours put into it. Python has something similar called pypy but it isn't nearly as populated as cpan. I like perl's syntax, but most people think it is ugly as sin, but that is probably why I like it, it reminds me of me. Python has a lot cleaner syntax, and it has the mindshare right now, which is really good if your on linux and you want to install things like pygame, which pretty much no matter what distro you are on there will be a package for it, and you won't have to compile it from source.
But in closing I'm a dirty nuts and bolts linux code monkey so I stick with cpan, ugly code and, tar balls.
But in closing I'm a dirty nuts and bolts linux code monkey so I stick with cpan, ugly code and, tar balls.