Why use Python instead of Perl?

[Afanasiy]

On 5 Feb 2003 06:40:27 -0800, walterbyrd at iname.com (walterbyrd) wrote:

>I am learning some perl, I don't know any python. I think perl is a
>butt-ugly language, but perl does seem to be functional. Can anybody
>answer a few questions about python for me?
> 
>1) Is python good for system administration tasks?

yes

>2) Is python good for web development?

no (short answer)

>3) Does python interact well with MySQL?

yes

>4) Do many web-hosts allow scripts to be written in python? Tons of
>dirt-cheap web-hosts have perl scripting, what about python?

no
 
>5) If I know perl, is there any reason to learn python?

cleanliness, but if you can be productive and sane in perl, go for it
 
>6) For what is python best suited? 

more than just scripts, but needs more libraries and less bugs in them