Hi everyone,


Can some please tell me advantages and disadvantages of both.


Thanks.

I heavily recommend Googling this for a few days - people have been shot for asking this question. *just joking*

One of the problems with your question, though, is that advantages and disadvantages are subjective to each person. Mine are as follows:

+Python: Uniform syntax
+Python: Easy
+Python: Relatively large library support
-Python: Makes you lazy
-Python: Due to its easy syntax, you may find you want to kill yourself to alleviate the boredom

+Perl: Wickedly powerful when it comes to parsing data
+Perl: Largest library support of any language (that is not C or C++)
-Perl: The syntax is the antithesis to Python's syntax uniformity
-Perl: Reading other people's code can make a root canal seem pleasant (read: next to no syntax uniformity)

So, which is more used in Linux? Perl?

Both are used equally as much. If you want empirical data, though, look at SourceForge and FreshMeat, and get a count of how many of these projects use Perl, and how many use Python.

You should prob try the basics of both. They are both heavily used.
As mentioned Perl has a much larger 'library' of pre-written modules (search.cpan.org) and has been around longer.
For Perl you could look at
http://perldoc.perl.org/index.html
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node=Tutorials

somebody else will point you at the Python equivalents.

Why is this a useful question; not which is better for a particular job, but which is more popular.

My feeling is that if you try both, you'll probably find that you like one and hate the other (more or less). Would that solve your problem for you, or is there something specific that you want to know?

Basically perl is a beast. But for a beginner its always better to think abt python, it is in no way weaker than perl. If you are planning to develop an attitude towards coding in linux then I will suggest you to go for python. Coz perl may coz you to run away from that intrest lol