Just took a look in the perl newsgroup....

[Graham Nicholls]

Aahz wrote:

> In article <1H6ya.6977$573.2647 at news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>,
> Graham Nicholls  <graham at rockcons.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>And remembered why I decided I must learn Python :-)
> 
> Congrats!  Hallelujah!  You've seen the light!  ;-)
> 
>>I clearly need to learn "the Python Way", which _is_ quite different,
>>and has its good and bad points (stamps foot.  I _want_ a case
>>statement).  But thank goodness for the sparse syntax, and minimalism.
>>I guess I'll live with no case just to forget about @ % $ etc.
> 
> Don't forget that in many situations Python's substitutes for
> switch/case are better than an actual switch/case.  Even more don't
> forget that Perl doesn't actually have a switch/case, either.

I believe its to be part of perl6, but don't know when thats due. Perl6 also
tidies up variable oh whats the name of them , you know the $% etc.
-- 
Graham Nicholls
All round good guy.