Re: Programming Languages, "to C or not to C, that is the Q."

From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh (hmh_at_debian.org)
Date: 01/24/05

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    On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote:
    > I might have to consider both Perl and Python. I think Perl has
    > the reputation, being the "swiss army chainsaw" an all. Are these
    > both of the same level of programming power?!

    Yes, nowadays. But perl is still better for quicky, dirty (emphasis on
    dirty) hacks, and python is still better when you need readable code. 

    -- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh
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