Comments on: The clarity of Python vs. the cloud of Perl http://www.theartfulscientist.com/2008/03/10/the-clarity-of-python-vs-the-cloud-of-perl/ Communicating the greatest possible growth Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:48:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Niyaz PK http://www.theartfulscientist.com/2008/03/10/the-clarity-of-python-vs-the-cloud-of-perl/#comment-14 Niyaz PK Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:40:46 +0000 http://theartfulscientist.com/?p=184#comment-14 Very true. Too obvious. Very true. Too obvious.

]]> By: brian d foy http://www.theartfulscientist.com/2008/03/10/the-clarity-of-python-vs-the-cloud-of-perl/#comment-15 brian d foy Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:53:15 +0000 http://theartfulscientist.com/?p=184#comment-15 It's hardly a fair comparison to use a CSV library in Python and compare that to a Perl script which incorrectly does it without a module. You'll find that the Python and Perl code to do the job are very similar since both would be using a library to handle the details. If you removed the libraries from Python and performed the task with just the core syntax, you'd find Python as mind-bending as the Perl code you show. You should note that, no matter the language, the skill is in using existing libraries and creating interfaces so you don't see the gory details. It’s hardly a fair comparison to use a CSV library in Python and compare that to a Perl script which incorrectly does it without a module. You’ll find that the Python and Perl code to do the job are very similar since both would be using a library to handle the details. If you removed the libraries from Python and performed the task with just the core syntax, you’d find Python as mind-bending as the Perl code you show.

You should note that, no matter the language, the skill is in using existing libraries and creating interfaces so you don’t see the gory details.

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