[TriLUG] Re: Managed languages (was .NET development on Linux)

[Lance A. Brown]

Jon Carnes wrote:
> I think you are giving Pyton a bad rap. Python rules!
> 
> I used to program in C and Perl but now I'm a firm convert to Python.
> Learning Python was a Piece of cake compared to either C or Perl.
> Programing in Python is rapid and easy. 

Python is cool.  The syntax is nice, but I've not been able to 
overcome two things:

1.  I've been writing PERL since 1990 and know it better than I know C 
now-days.  I don't have the ingrained knowledge of Python yet that I'd 
like to have for use in production coding.

2.  CPAN.  CPAN just rocks.  Just about anytime I come across an "I 
need to do X" situation, I look at CPAN and there is a module that 
does X.  Download/install/read perldocs and off I go.  Python doesn't 
have the vast array of contributed modules yet to match the utility of 
CPAN.

I really need to spend more time on #1.  I think #2 is just a matter 
of waiting for people to contribute more.

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