Michael Torrie <torr...@gmail.com> wrote in news:mailman.2313.1277759925.32709.python-l...@python.org:
> On 06/28/2010 02:06 PM, Mithrandir wrote: >> I can't see Python as an alt. to bash. (As I recall) Python is much >> more object-oriented than bash, but also there are many commands >> (such as apt- get, etc.) that would need Python equivs. However, I >> can see Python being used as a scripting alt. to C. > > OO is a plus for most things, in my book. As for "commands" they have > *nothing* to do with Bash. apt-get is not a Bash command. By your > logic tcsh or zsh would not be an alternate to bash, but in fact they > are. > > I use python for shell scripting quite often now. Anytime one of my > own Bash scripts exceeds 100 lines, I know it's time to switch it to > python. > Please read that link I posted a while back on how you can use > generators in python to replace many of the things that piping to > external commands did in Bash. > > There certainly are a few tasks that Bash is best at (chaining > commands together through pipes), but often Python already has support > for many of the things I'd use external commands and pipes in Bash > for. Bash is designed for working down at the level of files, > directories, and processes, but Python works pretty well too, if you > make some abstraction modules like my runcmd module that I use > extensively. > You both are correct. :) (I wrote that before my first cup of coffee, so my wording was way off. That, and I'm new to Python.) :) I think that Python "could" be a alternative to bash and have some advantages, but it's a long way off from being fully implemented. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
