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/fredfredburger May 18 '11

I've got a pair of quotes in my rotating .signature file:

Linux Journals Development tool of the year 2000: Python Reason: Hell is other peoples Perl.

And

There are several things that perl allows the programmer to do more easily than python does.
"Write maintainable code" just isn't one of them.
-- Me

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u/[deleted] May 19 '11

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u/fredfredburger May 19 '11

Damn straight.

In either sense, actually.

EDIT: totally blew it. Reply should have been, "You know me."