Bash when it's quick, Ruby (Node.js or Python) if I have to use 3rd party libs/parse or build JSON payloads.
On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 9:21 PM, Dave Close <d...@compata.com<mailto:d...@compata.com>> wrote: I am astounded by the number of non-bash scripts I've read that are nothing more than feel-good wrappers around a set of system() calls to get real work done. If you're using a scripting language because it enables you to write a "program" rather than just a series of calls, then /write/ a program. Otherwise stick to bash. Personally, I feel that, in any script, the fewer the exec() calls (of any type), the better. Processors may get faster but context changes still add up. -- Dave Close, Compata, Irvine CA +1 714 434 7359<tel:%2B1%20714%20434%207359> d...@compata.com<mailto:d...@compata.com> dhcl...@alumni.caltech.edu<mailto:dhcl...@alumni.caltech.edu> "Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say." -- Edward Snowden _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org<mailto:Tech@lists.lopsa.org> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.lopsa.org_cgi-2Dbin_mailman_listinfo_tech&d=CwMFaQ&c=YEQWdgm3lcu5w_Y3fWOQZUGtAhl_lImuPlnxuD4zIqo&r=Z8Gov9Bor6RSMXEX8jhkQPdYiD2BJM5bETOAwzw1B8o&m=DvD5lBjCsvuhz4GUjyzdnz8pHS_F6vReJwWFLDRtmgM&s=6oDLMq5iqc_2sxaEJOLqGpLMXXd4cPl0vHhIq-XfFXg&e=> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lopsa.org_&d=CwMFaQ&c=YEQWdgm3lcu5w_Y3fWOQZUGtAhl_lImuPlnxuD4zIqo&r=Z8Gov9Bor6RSMXEX8jhkQPdYiD2BJM5bETOAwzw1B8o&m=DvD5lBjCsvuhz4GUjyzdnz8pHS_F6vReJwWFLDRtmgM&s=VO2I2u1zfdu-zCY60qnqQa6q0ZPJtSh36WF0Pzmw9d0&e=> Please be advised that this email may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us by email by replying to the sender and delete this message. The sender disclaims that the content of this email constitutes an offer to enter into, or the acceptance of, any agreement; provided that the foregoing does not invalidate the binding effect of any digital or other electronic reproduction of a manual signature that is included in any attachment.
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