Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Opinion on best practice... Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 23:00:22 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <207d17ce-4bc7-487c-acde-6a7b9f66002b@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1360105222 26839 64.122.56.22 (5 Feb 2013 23:00:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 23:00:22 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:38243 On 2013-02-05, Ethan Furman wrote: > On 02/05/2013 01:39 PM, Neil Cerutti wrote: >> On 2013-02-05, Walter Hurry 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. > > I believe having your shell be cmd.exe qualifies as a "good reason"! Except the OP said he wanted to pick a language for Linux. If he has cmd.exe as his shell on Linux, then he's beyond help... -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I'm a GENIUS! I want at to dispute sentence gmail.com structure with SUSAN SONTAG!!