Is Python as capable as Perl for sysadmin work?
Marc Huffnagle
mhuffnagle at knowtechnology.net
Tue Feb 8 13:18:13 EST 2005
Jeff Epler wrote:
>
> There's another little-known fact about Python: No string is permitted
> to end with a backslash! You might think that variations like
> r'\'
> or
> """"""\\\\\""""""
> would allow you to create this elusive value, but you'd mistaken!
> Now, this may not bother Unix sysadmins, but the honest truth is that
> you'll be administrating Windows systems, too, anywhere you work!
>>> a = "\\"
>>> print a
\
Marc
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