and the Holy Grail
13/07/05 05:26 |
InfoTech
I've decided to augment my Perl skills with some
Python. After reading some convincing
arguments in the Perl vs Python debate I decided in order to have an informed opinion I would
have to learn Python. This isn't a bad idea due to the fact that many of the
Red Hat tools/scripts are written in Python and I'm beginning to see they had some very good
reasons for choosing that over Perl, Ruby, or anything else. For one Python was designed to
be "cleaner" and easier to read. This promotes good coding and security. That's not to say that Perl can't be written in a clean way that's easy to maintain but with a motto such as "There's more than one way to do it" they have some problems that will be exaggerate by bad coding. I'm very impressed with how Python handles somethings and I can see why it would appeal to people. I've also been reading the RHCE exam study guide I purchased a couple months ago and I hope to take the exam in sometime in August.
arguments in the Perl vs Python debate I decided in order to have an informed opinion I would
have to learn Python. This isn't a bad idea due to the fact that many of the
Red Hat tools/scripts are written in Python and I'm beginning to see they had some very good
reasons for choosing that over Perl, Ruby, or anything else. For one Python was designed to
be "cleaner" and easier to read. This promotes good coding and security. That's not to say that Perl can't be written in a clean way that's easy to maintain but with a motto such as "There's more than one way to do it" they have some problems that will be exaggerate by bad coding. I'm very impressed with how Python handles somethings and I can see why it would appeal to people. I've also been reading the RHCE exam study guide I purchased a couple months ago and I hope to take the exam in sometime in August.
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