From perlvar:

Remember: the value of $/ is a string, not a regex. awk has to be better for something. :-)
I suspect this not allowing a regex in Perl's record separtor $/ variable was the source of the famous Larry Wall quote:
Hey, I had to let awk be better at *something*... :-)

Seriously, I've used both awk and Perl extensively over the years, and I'd say Perl wins easily for just about everything. Perhaps most tellingly, Perl scales better as programs tend to naturally grow larger over the years (as I similarly argued against Unix shell in Unix shell versus Perl). By all means compare Perl with Ruby and Python, but not awk: it's no contest.

In reply to Re: Awk and Perl unique features by eyepopslikeamosquito
in thread Awk and Perl unique features by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.