Re: Comparing Regular Expression in Perl vs Python

On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 07:54:14AM -0800, JBallinger wrote:

I recently heard about Python. They claimed that it is easier to learn
and to program in Python than in Perl.

On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 09:00:59PM +0800, Jeff Pang wrote:

I also subscribed to python list, found that python list's message
amount is much larger than perl beginner's. I almost got 100 messages
each day in that list. Does this indicate that python has more users
than perl?

Perhaps it indicates that it is *harder* to learn and program in Python
than in Perl.

;-)

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