> Some examples might help here. I mostly script things so my programs are generally the type that are a bit too complicated for bash. Python makes this type o

> Some examples might help here. I mostly script things so my programs are generally the type that are a bit too complicated for bash. Python makes this type of programming difficult. For example. I want to run a command and get its output back. I'm then going to go and parse the output and preform transformations on it. In order to accomplish this I have to use popen to open multiple pipes to the program and then read all of its output. I feel like I'm writing C. > Python uses if/else, hashtables, OO constructs instead Both if/else and hashtables are dirty hacks. Neither allows clean code. OO constructs can work but require large amount of setup to preform a simple task like parsing getopts. > Python has lambdas, but their usage is discouraged in preference of explicit code blocks and named functions. You can use them if you must. You are correct. I replied to another person's comment but haven't/won't edit my previous post. > The indentation level of your statements is significant, but not whitespace in general My apologies for using common terminology for significant indentation, significant indentation is what I meant. Either way I (subjective) dislike it. I personally find it harder to read than braces or ruby's end. > Some people find Python usable for system administration. I will strongly disagree here. I've tried to use Python on several occasions for system administration. > There is a book "Python for Unix and Linux System Administration" (2008) I'll check it out maybe it will show me somethings that change my views. A lot of this is entirely subjective. At least for my type of work I find Python to be an annoyance more than a helper. Though to be fair I find all languages to be pretty ugly/nasty when you take then out of their designed use.