Perl To Python Migration

Perl is probably one of the best known languages on the web. Although to many it takes second place to Visual Basic...

Python supports the same basic modes of script execution as Perl, from running the script explicitly through the Python interpreter to putting...

Migrating from Perl to Python is not actually as difficult as it first appears. Despite a distinctly different focus on the development...

There are three basic components to any language – the statement, the variable and the operator. When migrating from Perl to Python...

Functions in Python borrow more from C rather than Perl. Perl's approach to functions is to allow you to supply a list...

Error trapping and handling is a necessary part of all programming. There are many different specific reasons for trapping an error, but...

The last part of the core migration from Perl to Python is to understand how to import modules that we need to...

Although Python does not rely on built-in functions to provide additional feature and functions such as network access or file control it...

There are two main aspects to talking with the operating system from within any language. The first is the basic interface between...

Manipulating information of any form – especially text – is something that Perl is very well known for. Perl was originally a...

Processing information is one of Perl's major strengths – it's easy to read in, split, identify, and summarize information largely because Perl...

Perl has always had strong networking communication support built in through socket(), bind(), and other functions. Since Perl 5 we've also been...

The Internet, and some form of HTML or web environment-based development, is hard to avoid these days. Perl has for years supported...

Python has always been seen as a tool for rapid application development (RAD) and, whilst there is a huge push towards development...