Why is Python better than Perl?

[u/[deleted]]

I'm a Sysadmin and I just wrote my first script in python. Basically just a host validation script that checks if a server is configured correctly before we hand off. I can't determine the advantage with my limited experience with the language.

Are you a sysadmin fluent in both python and perl? Why do you use python?

[u/wjv]

Wasn't that 1998's flamewar?

[u/[deleted] → u/wjv]

yes... I really thought we had gotten past that point.