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.

A common statement is that “Perl 6 is not Perl”, and it’s largely true, except in name. Unlike Python, though, there is no community consensus that Perl 5 needs to be retired.

Perl, Python, and Ruby modules can ease development for large projects, but Bash is simpler and better for many tasks Last week I talked a bit about how best to protect against the vagaries of ...

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.

But compared to its rival Python, Perl has faded from popularity. What happened to the web’s most promising language?

The goal of this course is to provide an in-depth introduction to the Python programming language followed by an introduction to both the Perl and PHP. All of these languages share common ...

SlickEdit 2009 is a new version of the multi-platform code editor with support for 40 languages and seven platforms.

I want to throw a quick program together to pase data from a flat file format into an XML structure. I'm curious on opinions if Python or Perl would be a better route to go for this. I've got ...

Debugging: Use Perl’s built-in debugging tool with perl -d script.pl for troubleshooting. Conclusion Bash, Python, and Perl each bring unique strengths to the table. Bash is excellent for simple ...

The latest edition of the widely used Vim text editor now supports both the Lua programming language as well as the latest versions of Python and Perl. Bram Moolenaar, the developer behind Vim ...