Re^2: Perl tutorial building on Python skills?

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Thanks for the valuable input of all of you , didn't have the time to reply in detail yet.

I have to wait to meet the new colleague to assess which kind of programming/python skills be already has.

After all Python is the new Basic, everyone claims he knows it. I don't wanna end up explaining Python to him or giving a class in language design...;)

> "PCRE" are not 100% "PC".

Minor nitpick. PCRE is also the name of an RE engine used by several products including PHP. Python has its own RE engine, trying to be PC

> Differences

function signatures
Most (all?) variables are references
strings are immutable
regex are first class objects in Perl
list flattening/interpolation in Perl

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)

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