> ... of course there's that nice feature that Python has that Perl never had in any version.... I expect better from HN comments. "I've tried, repeatedly, bu

> ... of course there's that nice feature that Python has that Perl never had in any version.... I expect better from HN comments. "I've tried, repeatedly, but I still find sigils difficult to understand" is fine. "I prefer postfix method calls to infix or prefix symbolic operators" is fine. "I've never figured out how to use Perl's copious testing libraries or static analysis tools to write maintainable code" is honest. "I believe that consistent indentation is a primary factor in long-term maintainability" starts to trip my hogwash-o-meter.