The Perl Foundation will now be known as The Perl and Raku Foundation
As someone who started off with Python &#x2F; C++ (don&#x27;t blame me, blame current CS teaching programs), Perl&#x27;s syntax is a bit off-putting.  However, learning simpler Unix tools - i.e. grep, sed and awk - is worth the trouble, as those are very useful tools for command line tasks, and work with pipes.<p>Also, that&#x27;s where Perl seem to have got its syntax from, so if you ever do have to dig into Perl code, it won&#x27;t be as difficult:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wellho.net&#x2F;mouth&#x2F;3902_Shell-Grep-Sed-Awk-Perl-Python-which-to-use-when-.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wellho.net&#x2F;mouth&#x2F;3902_Shell-Grep-Sed-Awk-Perl-Pyt...</a><p>However, using Python&#x27;s re module for regular expression matching results in far more readable code than any of the predecessors, particularly as expressions get more complex.