Opinion on best practice...

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Tue Feb 5 17:07:04 EST 2013


On 02/05/2013 01:39 PM, Neil Cerutti wrote:
> On 2013-02-05, Walter Hurry <walterhurry at lavabit.com> wrote:
>>> Sorry, I'm a Linux guy.  I have no clue what that means.
>>
>> Hooray for common sense! Python is great, but it's silly to use
>> Python (unless there is good reason) when a simple shell script
>> will do the job.
>
> Python is an excellent option for writing shell scripts,
> particularly if your shell is cmd.exe.

I believe having your shell be cmd.exe qualifies as a "good reason"!

:)

~Ethan~



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