[BangPypers] When *not* to use Python

[steve]

On 10/20/2010 04:57 PM, Noufal Ibrahim wrote:
>
> The project management thread highlighted this issue of "if it's not in
> Python, I don't want to use it".
>
> Assuming that most of the people here are mostly python enthusiasts or
> learners, I'm wondering when you would *not* use Python. Let's not
> conflate this with Open Source/Closed Source etc.
>
> I'm just interested in situations where you'd stay away from something
> *just* because it isn't in Python. The only reason I'd stay away from
> something like this is if I needed to work on it's code and it was in a
> language that I wasn't familiar with and didn't have the time to learn.
>
> Also, there are plently of situations where I'd jump to a language other
> than Python at the outset (e.g. for log file parsing, Perl still wins
> for me).
>
> Comments?

...for systems programming obviously, corepy[1] and pyasm[2] notwithstanding. :)

Seriously though, one aspect is small to medium sized automation/shell scripts 
where although sometimes one is tempted to use the 'power' of python, doing a 
`ls` instead of os.listdir('.') and `/some/random/command` instead of using the 
shutil/commands/subprocess ...etc modules is more pragmatic.

cheers,
- steve

[1] http://www.corepy.org/
[2] http://members.verizon.net/~olsongt/usersGuide.html

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