Is Python as capable as Perl for sysadmin work?

[Nick Coghlan]

Richie Hindle wrote:
> [Steve]
> 
>>Was it INTERCAL that had the COMEFROM <Line number> statement instead of
>>GOTO? I REALLY like the idea of a COMEFROM statement. I think python should
>>have a COMEFROM statement
> 
> 
> It does - see http://entrian.com/goto/
> 
> (In case you doubt it: yes, it works, but note that it doesn't work at the
> interactive prompt, only in a real source file.)
> 
> (The fact that I felt obliged to add the first paragraph on that page is
> the funniest part of the whole thing.  I really did have people genuinely
> thanking me for the module, asking for features, asking for help with
> using it, and so on.)
> 

That module is. . .
  a) impressive
  b) very, very, wrong
  c) both a) and b)

I think I'm voting for c). . .

Cheers,
Nick.

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