Re^2: I want to know the problems in Perl

Basically I have come from a C-language background. I have to start the project for which we need to make a decision either to use Perl or Python. So we have to find the best between them. So we get answers in these high level cases. Please understand I dont have enough time to learn and get the solutions. thanks in advance

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Re^3: I want to know the problems in Perl by graff (Chancellor) on Mar 30, 2011 at 21:28 UTC
The relative similarities between perl and C in terms of syntax are likely to make a significant difference if this is going to be your first serious project in something other than C. (Be sure to look at the perl man page called perltrap, which contains a section with lots of details about differences between perl and C.) If you have experience with Bourne shell and unix utilities, again perl will give you an easier, shorter learning curve, because it provides a lot of idioms and facilities from that domain that are common and familiar (and very useful).	[reply]
Re^3: I want to know the problems in Perl by Arunbear (Prior) on Mar 30, 2011 at 21:04 UTC
For the kinds of tasks you have described, both languages would be equally good. Since your background is in C, you may find Perl's syntax more familiar than Pythons's (e.g. Perl has a very cool switch statement while Python doesn't even have one).	[reply]