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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

The syntax of Perl seems superior to me, though partly b/c I just like the style of semi-colons and braces as in C++, and also so that you can edit it in any text editor you choose, not just those IDEs or ones that will show you the difference between a tab and some spaces.

But mostly perhaps b/c I have not invested any efforts into actually learning Python the same way that I did Perl - that O'Reily book that explained, from the perspective of the literal creator, why things work in Perl as they do, was a fantastic read!