> That is indeed rude. And it's not what I said. This is what you wrote. > And also, in the technology business, you are supposed to make progress happen. Som

> That is indeed rude. And it's not what I said. This is what you wrote. > And also, in the technology business, you are supposed to make progress happen. Sometimes, that involves making older technology obsolete. Making things obsolete is sometimes good, especially if the older thing has major problems. Awk does not have "major problems" and I fail to see how I misrepresented you. Aside from that, Python is newer than perl and Awk and anyone who can write perl can write Awk without too much trouble. If we apply the proliferation principle then what good does having more general purpose languages like Python do? > I think installing Python libraries is much simpler Than a single binary? I'm interested, how is it done? > Why not just use libraries and abbreviate them for command line use? Chesterton's fence comes to mind. Because they're reliable, quick, are usually preinstalled or easily installed if not, lightweight, well known, and don't require learning a particular programming language nor the install of its comparably giant ecosystem.