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From: Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
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Subject: Re: using binary in python
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2015 18:17:13 +0200
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Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>:

> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 2:46 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
>> I program for Linux. I use different programming languages, but the
>> target is Linux. The systems I build and deal with consist of
>> different components written in different programming languages but
>> they all follow Linux-y conventions to work harmoniously together. I
>> don't in any way benefit from a smoke screen a programming language
>> offers to place in front of the operating system.
>
> Then, as I said before: You do not want Python. Go use something else
> that lets you get closer to the OS

Python still offers almost all of the system programming facilities.
Python3 is slowly drifting away, but it's still all there, thankfully.


Marko