To Python from Perl
I’ve recently switched to Python, after having programmed in Perl for many years. I’m sacrificing all my knowledge of the libraries and language quirks of Perl. The reason I moved despite that is for a somewhat trivial reason, actually. It’s because Python doesn’t require a closing brace. Consider this Javascript (or very nearly C or Java) code: var s=0; for (var i=0; i<10; i++) { for (var j=0; j<10; j++) { s = s + i * j } } That’s 6 lines, with two lines just containing the closing brace. Or consider Perl. ...