Perl versus Python, these two languages have been raising much noise. Both of them are old languages, traced back several decades, aimed at serving different purposes with their features. Contrary to ...

Perl and Python are both popular and powerful scripting languages for IT automation, but they have different strengths and weaknesses. Perl is known for its flexibility, speed, and rich library of ...

Perl is a messy, maddening programming language, the “duct tape of the internet.” But at least you can tell it was made by ...

Calling perl functions There are 4 ways perl functions can be called from python. Named functions and class methods can be invoked through the perl.call () and perl.callm () functions. In additon ...

Since Perl and Python are designed for different programming environments, you may need to build a function that will only run in Perl, but need to integrate it with your Python code.

Your compiler will take a Python script as input and output a Perl script. Such a translation is useful because programmers sometimes need to convert Python scripts to Perl. Possible reasons for this ...

Perl, Python, and Ruby are commonly used for CLI control and management scripts, and they offer a plethora of modules that can make all kinds of functions easier to develop.

That’s the way it should be. This story, “ You say Python, and I say Perl …,” was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Read more of Paul Venezia’s The Deep End blog at InfoWorld.com.

Three years ago, Lynn Greiner interviewed the big cheeses responsible for the popular scripting languages PHP, Perl, Tcl, Python, Ruby and JavaScript to find out where they believed the languages ...