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Good read. Comments are interesting as well. Since I started with Python and then switched to Perl, I guess this means I'll have to learn Haskell now. BTW when
by hsmyers 19y ago
Good read. Comments are interesting as well. Since I started with Python and then switched to Perl, I guess this means I'll have to learn Haskell now. BTW when I made the switch I noticed immediately that I found Perl far more 'comfortable' then Python. I later came to the conclusion that there was a relationship kind of thing; if you liked/loved 'C' then you would feel the same about Perl. If you liked/loved 'C++' then you would feel the same about Python. Absolutely no evidence beyond the intuitive here just something that came to me...
- dangoldin 19y agoWell I know Perl pretty well and am not starting to pick up Python. I like Perl so we'll see how I feel about Python. I'll get back with my experiences.
- SwellJoe 19y agoI went from Perl to Python and back again over the span of about ten years (with lots of other languages before and in between). I like them both, but Perl is also more comfortable for me. Ruby maybe even moreso, but I've never done any large projects in Ruby, so I can't say for sure. But I do know that when I write a few lines of Perl, even after ten years, I tend to include a few syntax errors...when I was learning Ruby I was often stunned by how many lines of code I could write between syntax errors. It's probably an order of magnitude higher, and something I've never experienced before. Python, I found to have roughly parity with Perl, which many Pythonistas find shocking. But I agree that there are different types of folks, though I don't know that one can do the comparison with C and C++...maybe C and Java.