title: Perl for a Python programmer
body: <p>I know Python (and a bunch of other languages) and I think it might be nice to learn Perl, even if it seems that most of the people is doing it <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2283034/python-for-a-perl-programmer">the other way around</a>.</p>
  
  <p>My main concern is not about the language itself (I think that part is always easy), but about learning the <em>Perlish</em> (as contrasted with <em>Pythonic</em>) way of doing things; because I don't think it'll be worth the effort if I end up programming Python in Perl.</p>
  
  <p>So my questions are basically two:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Are there many problems/application areas where it's actually more convenient to use Perl rather than Python?</li>
  <li>If the first question is positive, where can I found a good place to get started and learn best practices that is not oriented to beginners?</li>
  </ul>