On 9/17/2010 10:52 AM, John Kennedy wrote:
>
> It's all about picking the right tool for the job. Python is good for
> some things, perl for others, awk for still different things...
> It is the beauty of Linux...
But there are things a beginner won't know when making this choice -
like the limitations of what a language can do, availability of library
support, cross-platform support, probability of future language changes
that aren't backwards compatible, etc., etc., all of which turn out to
be important in the long run as soon as you get past throw-away one liners.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com