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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.