Python vs. Perl

My dad's electrical engineering friends are bring up the old debate again, and some are trying to back up perl.

I need some good ammunition against Perl, courtesy of /prog/. Most likely something to poke fun at regex.

>Valid Perl Cod
[code]
  o           .'`/
      '      /  (
    O    .-'` ` `'-._      .')
       _/ (o)        '.  .' /
       )       )))     ><  <
       `\  |_\      _.'  '. \
         '-._  _ .-'       '.)
     jgs     `\__\[/code]