> What's Perl good at or better than Python.

That's a FAQ, please see Re: Honest question about Perl, Python and Ruby (Comparing Programming Languages References) by revered brother eyepopslikeamosquito

update

> because there's some text files that go 10000 lines or some that are 200MB PLUS in size

The bottleneck for file-processing nowadays is the filesystem and it can't be parallelized.

I.O.W. even if you use a language which is dozens of times slower you will hardly notice.

That's because the process is mostly waiting for the disk to deliver.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

In reply to Re: What's Perl good at or better than Python. (FAQ) by LanX
in thread What's Perl good at or better than Python. by Anonymous Monk

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