title: Porting Perl to Python
body: <p>I am wondering if there are any tips or tricks to converting perl into python.  It would be nice if there was a script like python's <a href="http://docs.python.org/library/2to3.html" rel="noreferrer">2to3</a>.  Or perhaps some compatibility libraries.  It doesn't have to be complete,  anything to help speed up the process would be helpful.</p>