> Python is exactly the kind of language that should be replacing Perl, simply because it's the best glue language
When tabs and spaces have different syntactic meaning, I am suffering quite a bit of revulsion.
I have to do it, but I want to control my own white space for my own purposes.
It comes down to taste, I guess. I am not wrong, but neither am I correct
> I have used both, Perl extensively, Python when I must. Perl is much better, but being better is not enough.
> Perl did "everything". Python was "object orientated". People wanted the shiny "object orientated" and, sadly wisely, did not want a language that could do anything and everything.
I don't know what kind of Python you've tried using, but it seems you got some defective ancient 2.x version. Python is exactly the kind of language that should be replacing Perl, simply because it's the best glue language out there right now, with modules that are actively being maintained and developed.
And, as a cherry on top, actually has human-readable syntax.