I want to have some work done on the Network front, pinging numerous computers on a LAN and retrieving data about the response time. Which would be the most useful and productive to work with: Perl or Python?
I'd say that if you need something quick and dirty that's up and running by this afternoon, then perl is probably the better language.
However for developing solid application that's easy to maintain and extend and that you can build on over time, I'd go with python.
This is of course assuming you know both languages more or less equally well.
Should I use Perl or Python for network monitoring?