Just because someone knows shell scripting I'm not going to consider them "bad programmers". I know it myself and I've used it extensively before I learned pyth

Just because someone knows shell scripting I'm not going to consider them "bad programmers". I know it myself and I've used it extensively before I learned python & ruby. My point is that the cost for learning and using shell scripts is just too high compared to just using a modern language that's just as terse and a lot more powerful and flexible. Context switching from one language to another isn't free either. imo the only time shell scripting was practical was when the only major programming languages were C, C++, and Java. imo even Perl5 is more practical than shell scripting. Also I doubt that the python program you mentioned was that much bigger than a shell script