Python vs Perl

EXTERIOR: DAGOBAH -- DAY
         With Yoda strapped to his back, Luke climbs up one of
      the many thick vines that grow in the swamp until he
      reaches the Dagobah statistics lab. Panting heavily, he
      continues his exercises -- grepping, installing new
      packages, logging in as root, and writing replacements for
      two-year-old shell scripts in Python.

YODA: Code!  Yes.  A programmer's strength flows from code
    maintainability.  But beware of Perl.  Terse syntax... more
    than one way to do it...  default variables.  The dark side
    of code maintainability are they.  Easily they flow, quick
    to join you when code you write.  If once you start down the
    dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume
    you it will.

LUKE: Is Perl better than Python?

YODA: No... no... no.  Quicker, easier, more seductive.

LUKE: But how will I know why Python is better than Perl?

YODA: You will know.  When your code you try to read six months
    from now.

Taken from: Python Humor