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Perl vs Python

I did not write these but I liked the context. Just for the record, I am a perl and python fan.

With Yoda strapped to his back, Luke climbs up one of the many thick vines that grow in the swamp until he reaches the Dagobah statistics lab. Panting heavily, he continues his exercises -- grepping, installing new packages, logging in as root, and writing replacements for two-year-old shell scripts in Python.
Code! Yes. A programmer's strength flows from code maintainability. But beware of Perl. Terse syntax... more than one way to do it... default variables. The dark side of code maintainability are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you when code you write. If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.
Is Perl better than Python?
But how will I know why Python is better than Perl?

  • I sense much NT in you.
  • NT leads to Bluescreen.
  • Bluescreen leads to downtime.
  • Downtime leads to suffering.
  • NT is the path to the darkside.
  • Powerful Unix is.