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I guess I'm being nitpicky but...

> Python is an out and out object-oriented paradigm.

Is this true? I thought it was considered 'multi-paradigm'. You could write a program without using a class for instance which is difficult (impossible?) in Java or C#.

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It seems true. Even fundamental data types, like ints, strings, etc. are "objects" in Python. Java has primitive types, like "int", that are not objects (It also has "object" equivalents that can be used for boxing: int primitive => Integer class.)

More on topic, I used to do a ton of perl in the late 90's through the early 2000's. Before PHP gained popularity, it was a simple way to write a web app (perl CGI.) I haven't touched it in over a decade now.

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