What language to manipulate text files

[ross]

Roose wrote:
> Why do people keep asking what language to use for certain things in the
> Python newsgroup?  Obviously the answer is going to biased.
>
> Not that it's a bad thing because I love Python, but it doesn't make sense
> if you honestly want an objective opinion.
>
> R

What usenet group is it best to ask in then?
Is there one where people have good knowledge of many scripting
languages?

Ross