From: Nuxxie Subject: Re: Why Python When There Is Perl? Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy References: <17be420c4f90bfc7$63225$1585792$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> User-Agent: Pan/0.146 (Hic habitat felicitas; d7a48b4 gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pan.git) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 17 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.usenetexpress.com!not-for-mail Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:04:04 +0000 Nntp-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:04:04 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 1023 Organization: UsenetExpress - www.usenetexpress.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetexpress.com Message-Id: <17be742ce3d3c993$246716$4075406$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Bytes: 1421 On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 22:24:54 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > > With Perl, there was always this feeling of unplumbed depths, subtleties > just beyond my reach. > > With Python, everything I did made sense. > You have more or less just paraphrased what was atated in the original post. Since I learned assembly language way before anything else Perl is the more natural language for me. OO tends to appeal to those who can't see the machine.