python works fine for the more generic tasks like spawning subprocesses, parsing stdout/stderr, though the code can get a bit verbose when compared to bash scri

python works fine for the more generic tasks like spawning subprocesses, parsing stdout/stderr, though the code can get a bit verbose when compared to bash scripts. Concerning the more OS specific bits and pieces, it really depends on what you count towards DevOps. In the article it is defined by the mantra "The infrastructure is configured, deployed, and managed through code". I would really hope you don't have to write a line of C code to achieve that. If you're developing tools for the DevOps space this is a different story of course.