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Perl has many features familiar to users of sh/bash. For admins who often deal with shell scripts, it's an easy reach to use Perl for all sorts of little things
by charcoal 18y ago
Perl has many features familiar to users of sh/bash. For admins who often deal with shell scripts, it's an easy reach to use Perl for all sorts of little things.
That said, I think you can still be responsible and use Python instead. ;) Might take you a few more keystrokes though.
- evilneanderthal 18y agoagree with that. perl is tremendous for sysadmin tasks. we've had 90% complete python tools rewritten from scratch in perl because perl is so superior. disclaimer: i'm a recovering ex-sysadmin
- charcoal 18y agoWait. If I'm reading that right, you had utils written in Python that were 90% finished but then rewrote them in Perl and got them working. What about Python was getting you stuck at 90%?