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What does Python lack, relative to Perl? Popularity. I know very little Perl and very much Python; my statements aren't intended to promote a particular languag
by thomasmallen 18y ago
What does Python lack, relative to Perl? Popularity. I know very little Perl and very much Python; my statements aren't intended to promote a particular language. The competition I referred to is based on popularity, not merit.
- cabalamat 18y agoThere's not that much difference in popularity these days. Of projects listed by Freshmeat, Perl is used on 3784 and Python on 3286 ( http://freshmeat.net/browse/160/ http://freshmeat.net/browse/160/ ). A few years ago, Perl had twice as many projects as Python; now it's almost even.
- thomasmallen 18y agoLet's be honest, there's much more Perl code in the wild than Python, and CPAN towers over any Python network. The knowledge base is far greater for Perl as well (there are books on the DBI alone). Of course, I'd rather code Python usually.
- chaostheory 18y agoyeah that's why I've been converting any Perl apps I've been assigned to Python hehe
- charcoal 18y agoThe Python version of the CPAN is called ["PyPI"](http://pypi.python.org/pypi http://pypi.python.org/pypi). It was formerly called the "Cheeseshop". From the PyPI front page: "There are currently 5256 packages here." According to cpan.org, the CPAN is up to "14749 modules" -- dunno how many distributions that makes though.
- chorny 18y agoIt's 14793 distributions and x3 modules.