"shell-commands" and python!

[Greg Weeks]

Erik Max Francis (max at alcyone.com) wrote:
: Python is not a shell script, so why should it behave exactly the same
: way.

With very few exceptions, Python handles basic programming tasks as or more
conveniently than other languages.  With so few exceptions, why not shoot
for zero exceptions?

Besides, as a practical matter, I'd rather not have to evaluate every
programming task as a choice between Ksh and Python.

Finally, regarding program invocation with redirection and such, Perl does
a slightly better job than Python, and that's never nice.

Greg