Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

[Bob Melson]

In article <tq7naa.ik1.ln at 127.0.0.1>,
	Carl Banks <imbosol at vt.edu> writes:
> "Bob Melson" wrote:
>> In article <aamjat$qku$1 at panix1.panix.com>,
>>        aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
>>> In article <mailman.1020147892.13578.python-list at python.org>,
>>> Andrew McNamara  <andrewm at object-craft.com.au> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I'd go as far as to say the
>>>>sendmail.cf language is simpler, easier to learn and maintain than perl.
>>> 
>>> .sigfile?
>> 
>> Look at it this way -- you pick the best language tool to do the job at
>> hand.  If python is the better language for that job, you use python; if
>> it's perl, then you use perl; if it's some other language, you use _that_
>> language.  If you're asked to build a house, you certainly don't confine
>> yourself to a single tool -- you use the tools appropriate to the job you
>> have to do; why should it be different with scripting languages?
> 
> 
> So you agree that he shouldn't bother with Perl.
> 
> 
Nope.

Bob