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From: Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu>
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Subject: Re: Opinion on best practice...
Date: 5 Feb 2013 21:39:37 GMT
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On 2013-02-05, Walter Hurry <walterhurry@lavabit.com> wrote:
>> Sorry, I'm a Linux guy.  I have no clue what that means.
>
> Hooray for common sense! Python is great, but it's silly to use
> Python (unless there is good reason) when a simple shell script
> will do the job.

Python is an excellent option for writing shell scripts,
particularly if your shell is cmd.exe.

-- 
Neil Cerutti