Python vs. Perl, which is better to learn?

[holger krekel]

Alex Martelli wrote:
> (... lots of interesting stuff ...)
> One day I'd really love to co-author a *balanced* comparison
> of Python's and Ruby's pluses and minuses -- "co-author" 'cause
> I'd need to find a partner in crime who admires Python but
> still prefers Ruby, just as I admire Ruby but still prefer
> Python -- and one "into" Ruby's triviae and minutiae as well
> as overall philosophy as much as I'm "into" Python's.  Oh well, one day...

i really hope that this 'one day' will come. Last time i checked
i couldn't find much of any comparison. Just one or two meaningless
paragraphs in ruby's documentation, IIRC.

 holger