Need arguments for "Python vs. Perl as an OOPL"

[Peter Hansen]

Roy Smith wrote:
> 
> I'm working on a prototype of a new application in Python.  At some
> point, if this ever turns into a product, the powers that be will almost
> certainly demand that it be done in Perl.  My job will be to convince
> them otherwise.

Do you need to convince them now, to allow you to continue working on it
in Python, or are you just preparing for the time when they will come and
ask for it to be done in Perl?

I ask because I suspect the best way of convincing them will be to do 
nothing, and stand back watching as your Python prototype continues to 
work without problems, while those attempting to rewrite it in Perl 
waste a lot of time and never get it quite working...  and even if they
do, just print out a couple of pages from both and show them to the 
"powers that be" and that ought to do the trick.

Unless they are wholly uninterested in readability and maintainability. :-(

-Peter