Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

[Chris]

In article <m3lmaxuacu.fsf at chvatal.cbbrowne.com>,
 Christopher Browne <cbbrowne at acm.org> wrote:

> Outside of that, I'd suggest that a lot of the problem comes from Perl
> having been a "hot, in-language" attracting a lot of bad programmers.
> 
>   "If Ada became the hot, in-language  you would see a lot more bad code
>    in   Ada."    
>    -- Thaddeus L.  Olczyk <olczyk at interaccess.com>, comp.lang.C++
> 
> Substitute Python for Ada and it still remains truth...

Exactly.  You can write bad code in any language.  On the other hand, 
you can write really good, robust, readable, maintainable code in Perl.

Programming is about 99% concepts and 1% syntax, if that much even. A 
poorly written Python program that can be easily read is still poorly 
written.