Take a beginner programmer...I guarantee they will get up to speed in Python quicker than Perl. For example, python doesn't require you to remember that the lis

Take a beginner programmer...I guarantee they will get up to speed in Python quicker than Perl. For example, python doesn't require you to remember that the list uses @, but when you want just one element of it you have to use scalar context "$" and other weirdness. With that being said, I think Perl allows the power user a lot of flexibility in building applications and is probably more productive for that kind of expert in small to medium size apps. This isn't to say Python doesn't have power users either. Perl the language gets dramatically powered up by CPAN modules like MOOSE that give it more advanced OO than many OO languages like Python.