Is Python as capable as Perl for sysadmin work?

[Paddy McCarthy]

Jeff Epler wrote:
> No.
> 
> Unlike Perl, Python implements only a *finite turning machine* model of
> computation.  An easy way to see this limitation is in the following
> code:
>     >>> 1.0 / 10.0
>     0.10000000000000001
<<Snip>>

> 
> Jeff

Nice,
Made my evening :-)

- Pad.