[wallscratch]

> At the day job, its Python everywhere. I've been told people would laugh at using Perl. Kind of a shame, as I see multiple pages of code that could be easily reworked into a far more readable, easy to reason about and comprehend small set of Perl code.

Could you give an example? I would be curious to better understand python’s limitations.

[ktpsns]

Perl is infamous for its concise syntax, allowing to write very dense programs. Contrary to popular opinion, it is very well possible to write both concise and well readable and understandable code.

Python in contrast emphasizes the "one statement per line" rule which gives somewhat more elaborate codes. And I am not even talking about "boilerplate codes" as in Java. Nevertheless, python is infamous for its very well readability, which is beyond the average Perl code.