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Old 02-08-2004, 10:47 AM   #1
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Perl vs PHP, PYTHON


I was just wondering which language would you prefer the most.. I for one, will always go with Perl as it is my most favorite language, easy to master, strongest language in the scripting world, often used for system admin stuff, web-developing with many modules and an all-rounder...

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Old 02-08-2004, 03:52 PM   #2
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I just recently started looking into python, as I realized I didn't really know anything about it. So far I really like it, but because I am much more comfortable with perl I would still tend to use that if I had to bang something fairly large scale out quickly. I don't use either for web developing, so I don't even count PHP as a viable option, though I suppose I could use it to do most of what I do with perl.
 
Old 02-08-2004, 04:09 PM   #3
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Python. Hands down. The other two don't hold a candle to it (Perl pretends to, but it really doesn't).
 
Old 02-08-2004, 10:27 PM   #4
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Perl.
 
Old 02-08-2004, 10:43 PM   #5
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I'll agree Strike, after about a weeks worth of straight python, that it is a pretty great programming language. But it is hard to say it is "hands down" better then Perl. Perl certainly has some things it does better then just about anything else.
 
Old 02-14-2004, 12:13 PM   #6
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