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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Why Python When There Is Perl?
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 22:24:54 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 19:45:29 +0000, Lester Thorpe wrote:

> Why does the ... world prefer Python to Perl?

I learned Perl before I learned Python.

With Perl, there was always this feeling of unplumbed depths, subtleties 
just beyond my reach.

With Python, everything I did made sense.

It was easy to switch.