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Personally, I still haven't really found a better tool for little one-off throwaway scripts than Ruby. Python's always been verbose for me and lacks the awk her
by pcwalton 5y ago
Personally, I still haven't really found a better tool for little one-off throwaway scripts than Ruby. Python's always been verbose for me and lacks the awk heritage that makes text processing tasks so easy. Node forces me to deal with async I/O. Shell has annoying quoting rules.
I don't feel strongly about any of this and if another language is your favorite for small one-offs, that's great. Ruby works well for me though, and I hope it sticks around.
- jamesfinlayson 5y agoAgreed - I really like Python but the ease with which you can do a Ruby one-liner on the command line makes it just that bit nicer.
- antod 5y agoI'm in the same boat. The syntax sugar for shell integration in quickly hacked up scripts is the main (only?) area I prefer Ruby over Python.
- chespinoza 5y agoI agree, but the worse of Node IMO it's installing thousands of packages and MB just for doing a small thing, it's madness, every time I have to install NPM in a new computer I feel like I'm poisoning it.