Re: GNU

On Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:59:22 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> Remember that Perl, as the former biggest example of this, had CPAN
> years before Python came on the scene. So it had a big head start in
> being able to accumulate lots of similarly useful libraries.
> 
> Yet Python not only caught up, but it surpassed Perl.

Perl may have suffered a bit from the Osborne effect. Perl 6 is coming 
real soon now.

It doesn't have to be but Perl has a reputation of being cryptic. That's 
not to say Python can't be cryptic but it does force some structure onto 
the neophyte.