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Re: Perl in generalby GrandFather (Saint) |
on Oct 03, 2016 at 22:13 UTC ( [id://1173193]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
A contrast that is often made is more to do with attitude and approach than language differences: Perl embraces diverse approaches to solving problems with no single favored technique (TIMTOWTDI) where Python embraces "The one true way". Perl is very rich with a lot of stuff built into the language where Python depends more on external libraries to provide the same functionality. There is a system Perl on pretty much every version of *nix (OS X is a version of *nix under the hood) whereas Python generally has to be installed. Neither language is installed by default on Windows. Python is used a lot in physical sciences contexts and for controlling hardware. Perl is used a lot in Biological sciences contexts and for file processing. Perl used also to be the language that ran the web and still does to a modest extent.
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