Perl's motto is, "There is more than one way to do it."
Python's motto is, "There should be one — and preferably only one — obvious way to do it."
Perl's way has a few requirement: you need understand your problem; you need understand your tools; you need understand that your problem is often unique and the (best) solution depends on many factors including the nature to the problem, the mechanisms of your tools, as well as your experience. Perl's way is how we solve our every day problems -- not by following templates -- by applying common sense.
Now let's say you don't really understand your problem, or more often, you don't really understand your tools. Then typically you would be forced to read manual and follow the instructions. And often, you want to fit your problem into the model that the manual of your tool describes. In this situation, you certainly would wish there is only one (obvious) way to do it.
In the early days, programmers are intrinsicly hackers, problem solvers and far in between. The
