Perl To Python Migration

Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION

Perl is probably one of the best known languages on the web. Although to many it takes second place to Visual Basic or C/C++, Perl still has a place in history as one of the most prolific languages on the web.

The reason for its popularity is that it's very quick to program and execute, easy to use, and generally easy to learn. It can even be a lot of fun. However, Perl owes a lot of its abilities and its functionality to older programs like sed and awk and as such has a number of quirks; sometimes they work in your favor, and sometimes they don't.

Python, on the other hand, is a relatively new language (in fact it's only a few years younger than Perl, but in computing terms that's almost a lifetime!). Developed almost ...