Python was always the "rotting batteries" for me.... write something, some migration script, run it, works, forget. A few years later, new servers, hey, guess what, python 2.6 script has problems running on python 2.7... luckily a small fix. A fw years go by... new servers,.. hey, python 2.7 is not installed by default anymore, and pip has issues with dual versions... fix that. Few years... python 2.7 not even in repos anymore...
It's like that battery powered gadget, you use once every few years, and leave the battery inside, only to find out they leaked by them time you need to use the device again (duracell, i'm looking at you).
With perl it's more like a solar calculator... turn it on, it works, do whatever, put it in a drawer and forget about it for the next few years.
Python was always the "rotting batteries" for me.... write something, some migration script, run it, works, forget. A few years later, new servers, hey, guess what, python 2.6 script has problems running on python 2.7... luckily a small fix. A fw years go by... new servers,.. hey, python 2.7 is not installed by default anymore, and pip has issues with dual versions... fix that. Few years... python 2.7 not even in repos anymore...
It's like that battery powered gadget, you use once every few years, and leave the battery inside, only to find out they leaked by them time you need to use the device again (duracell, i'm looking at you).
With perl it's more like a solar calculator... turn it on, it works, do whatever, put it in a drawer and forget about it for the next few years.