Python, by contrast, says "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it."
The practical outcome of the Perl philosophy is that Perl code can be extremely varied to get the same thing done and therefore much harder for different programmers to understand and maintain. Python programmers are more likely to quickly understand the intent of a chunk of code regardless who the author is.
Perl at its worst can also be pretty arcane and I've heard it described as "executable line noise". That doesn't make for maintainability.
Perl says "there's more than one way to do it"
Python, by contrast, says "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it."
The practical outcome of the Perl philosophy is that Perl code can be extremely varied to get the same thing done and therefore much harder for different programmers to understand and maintain. Python programmers are more likely to quickly understand the intent of a chunk of code regardless who the author is.
Perl at its worst can also be pretty arcane and I've heard it described as "executable line noise". That doesn't make for maintainability.