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basically everything else that Perl offers ...except for performance. The GIL is Python's achilles heel; if you throw threads at the problem Python gets slower
by davvid 13y ago
basically everything else that Perl offers
...except for performance. The GIL is Python's achilles heel; if you throw threads at the problem Python gets slower while Perl actually uses all your cores. C.f. http://yaketyhack.blogspot.com/2010/07/threading-perl-vs-python.html http://yaketyhack.blogspot.com/2010/07/threading-perl-vs-pyt...
BTW, I love Python.
- kbenson 13y agoPfft, that guy obviously doesn't know how to use code blocks. :D
- otterley 13y agoAlso, a good debugger. Perl's debugger is still far, far better than Python's or Ruby's.
- collyw 13y agoIs it? I generally use a graphical debugger in Eclipse. I have used Python and Perl, and can't see too much difference between them. Whats better about the Perl one?