I recently posted this sort of question to the c.l.p.m but didn't get much of a response. I know a little Perl and a little Python, but master neither at the moment.
I see that Python is a general purpose OO programming language that finds use among some system administrators, but my guess is that Perl is still more common in that area than Python. For sysadmin-related tasks, is Python as useful as Perl, or does it get clumsy when often dealing with the stuff admins deal with on a regular basis? At some point during some dingy job in the back boiler room of Unix, would you find yourself saying, "geez, I'd wish I started this with Perl -- Python just isn't cutting it." ? Thanks, ---J -- --- if replying via email, remove zees --- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
