I thought it was interesting that Perl was a more popular choice than Python with that particular audience
I'd have thought that would be a slam dunk in almost
any community (except Python programmers; obviously
more of them would vote for Python (go figure)).
Perl is, among Very High Level Languages, the market
leader and the canonical example of the genre.
The other languages in
this category (Python, PHP, even Ruby) all compare
themselves to Perl, strive to be better than Perl
in one way or another, and so on. Among
third-generation languages, C probably holds this
spot, but among VHLLs it's Perl.
;$;=sub{$/};@;=map{my($a,$b)=($_,$;);$;=sub{$a.$b->()}}
split//,".rekcah lreP rehtona tsuJ";$\=$;[-1]->();print
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I thought Python would be more popular with that audience because of the Jython connection (OnJava.com has covered Jython a bit), and the fact that Python is a more rigidly structured language than Perl. Perl is obviously more widely used than Python on the whole.
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