Noob Question

[Andreux Fort]

Having spent a long time dealing with awfully written perl and expect, +1 to
Python.  I've written a lot of python in the last two years and never looked
back.

IMO, awk still has its place because it is fast.  Python, well, isn't
really, but cpython extensions and ugh swig make this less of an issue.  My
vote for python comes from the sanity I've regained since I switched from
perl :)

On Mar 9, 2009 5:41 PM, "Andy Johnson" <andyjohnson at ij.net> wrote:

> awk seems extremely outdated. At a time, its strength was to be always >
> available on any Unix mac...
>
> > I vote for Python, just to start a nice language war.
>

Agreed, but I think for a beginner just wanting to do some simple tasks,
Expect might also be a good start..

I've not given Python a fair shake, but I haven't run into much I couldn't
do with Perl. Plus the existing software and modules out there for Perl keep
you from reinventing the wheel.

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