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On 5/25/2011 8:01 AM, John Bokma wrote:

> to. Like I already stated before: if Python is really so much better
> than Python readability wise, why do I have such a hard time dropping
> Perl and moving on?

[you meant 'than Perl'] You are one of the people whose brain fits Perl 
(or vice versa) better than most. So enjoy it. Ignore anyone who says 
otherwise.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy