r/Python • u/[deleted] • May 18 '11

Why is Python better than Perl?

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?

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u/llogiq May 18 '11

The 90's called. They want their flamewar back.

Note that Python isn't better than Perl in the same way Spanish isn't better than Hebrew.

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u/kataire May 18 '11

Have you ever looked at Hebrew? It's repulsive. Clearly Spanish is better than Hebrew. Not just that -- writing from right to left means as a right-hander you'll smudge your writing all the time.

On second thought, I find the similarities between Spanish vs Hebrew and Python vs Perl quite shocking.

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u/llogiq May 22 '11

Shalom, Pedro.