Perl vs Python - What's the difference?
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A text-oriented programming language family, widely used in Internet applications.
* Wikipedia, „Pearl“ article
(Greek mythology) The earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo.
* 1995 , Gordon MacDonald Kirkwood, A Short Guide to Classical Mythology ,
* 2000 , Otar Lordkipanidze, Phasis: The River and City in Colchis ,
* 2005 , M. A. Dwight, Taylor Lewis, Grecian and Roman Mythology ,
A programming language invented by Guido van Rossum, named after Monty Python .
(informal) The British comedy troupe .
A member of Monty Python': Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones or Michael Palin; referred to collectively as ''The '''Pythons .
As proper nouns the difference between perl and python
is that perl is a text-oriented programming language family, widely used in Internet applications while Python is the earth-dragon of Delphi, represented as a serpent, killed by Apollo.As a noun python is
a type of large constricting snake.perl
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(en proper noun)- „In addition to CGI, Perl 5 is used for graphics programming, system administration, network programming, finance, bioinformatics, and other applications. It has been humorously nicknamed "the Swiss Army chainsaw of scripting languages" because of its flexibility and power, and possibly also because of its "ugliness". In 1998, it was also referred to as the "duct tape that holds the Internet together", in reference to both its ubiquitous use as a glue language and its perceived inelegance.“
- „Perl'' was originally named "Pearl". […] The name is occasionally expanded as ''Practical Extraction and Report Language'', but this is a backronym. Other expansions have been suggested as equally canonical, including Wall's own humorous ''Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister . Indeed, Wall claims that the name was intended to inspire many different expansions.“
- „It is often said that "Only perl can parse Perl''", meaning that only the ''Perl'' interpreter (perl) can parse the ''Perl'' language (''Perl ), but even this is not, in general, true.“
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* Perl 5 * Perl 6python
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(wikipedia Python) (en proper noun)page 11,
- Here Apollo killed a serpent called the Python', and established a great prophetic shrine. Sometimes it is said that the Titaness Themis had the shrine before him, and this, as well as the killing of the ' Python , suggests that Apollo took over a place already of religious significance, associated with chthonic (i.e., earth) powers.
page 70,
- It would seem, therefore, that what we have on the Phasian phiale is the Python' coiled round the omphalos.Paintings on Greek pottery and coins have preserved many an example of gods seated on an omphalos, including those of Apollo, Nike, Asclepius and others.413 ' Python on the omphalos must have carried some symbolic meaning.
page 183,
- Python', says Bailey, is derived from Putho to putrify, and the serpent '''Python''' being slain by Apollo, is thus interpreted: by ' Python is understood the ruin of the waters ; Apollo slew this serpent with his arrows ; that is, the beams of the sun dispersed the noxious vapours, which destroyed man like a devouring serpent.
- John Cleese is perhaps the best-known of the Pythons .