Is Python as capable as Perl for sysadmin work?

[Nick Vargish]

"John M. Gabriele" <john_sips_teaz at yahooz.com> writes:

> At some point during some dingy job in the back boiler room
> of Unix, would you find yourself saying, "geez, I'd wish I
> started this with Perl -- Python just isn't cutting it." ?

Sometimes I have to write a quick script in Perl because Python isn't
ubiquitous enough around here, and I often find myself thinking I
the opposite... "Perl just isn't cutting it."

And I spent several years putting food on the table with Perl, so it's
not like I'm a noob with Perl.

Nick

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