I'm puzzled by what you hope to learn from the answers?

I prefer Perl. I just can't get on with the significant whitespace and hanging indents of Python. Ruby seemed okay; but didn't seem to offer anything special over Perl.

Since I knew Perl first; when I needed to get something done, it was easier and quicker to reach for the tool I knew than work out how to do it in one of the other two.

And when I set out to learn Ruby -- Python was kicked into touch almost immediately -- I just found nothing that made it significantly better than Perl; and much that seemed awkward (or even, impossible without lots of extra effort) by comparison.

Perhaps if I'd learnt one of the other two first my story would be different. (Though i seriously doubt I could have ever learned to like Python.)

But quite how any of that helps you, I simply do not see?

Try them all; pick the one you like best; or whichever seems to give you the best career opportunities.

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
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In reply to Re: Honest question about Perl, Python and Ruby by BrowserUk
in thread Honest question about Perl, Python and Ruby by madM

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