I'm not really sure which regex syntax I dislike more, truth be told -- PHP's or Python's. I think I dislike PHP's more. I actually have occasional need to use regular expressions for stuff I essentially am forced to do with PHP, though, so I've resigned myself to it. The same circumstance doesn't exist for Python, in part because I've managed to avoid having to become competent in Python (I don't actually like Python at all and don't care to learn it if I can avoid it, because the more I like it the more I'll find myself being asked to use it).

Python's a great language, of course. I can look at it somewhat objectively and realize that. It just makes my eyes bleed and lacks some capabilities that are pretty much essential to my enjoyment of programming.

print substr("Just another Perl hacker", 0, -2);
 - apotheon
CopyWrite Chad Perrin

In reply to Re^6: Perl is dying by apotheon
in thread Perl is dying by Anonymous Monk

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