From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 20 3:45: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from protactinium.btinternet.com (protactinium.btinternet.com [194.73.73.176]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB9CD37B416 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 03:45:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from host217-35-43-83.in-addr.btopenworld.com ([217.35.43.83] helo=marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk) by protactinium.btinternet.com with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #8) id 16SGOx-00055M-00; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 11:44:44 +0000 Received: from [192.168.10.12] (helo=set.home.penguinpowered.org.uk) by marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16SGU7-0000BA-00; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 11:50:03 +0000 Received: from waynep by set.home.penguinpowered.org.uk with local (Exim 3.34 #3) id 16SGPF-00009D-00; Sun, 20 Jan 2002 11:45:01 +0000 From: Wayne Pascoe To: Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what is a good language for system administration? References: Date: 20 Jan 2002 11:45:00 +0000 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Lines: 28 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.5 (bamboo) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG writes: > > rene@xs4all.nl writes: > > > > > * checking if a remote host is up > > > * pumping files & RAM data through external tools > > > * calling scripts written in the same language on a remote machine, to > > > 'pickup' data that was pumped to that machine by a local script. > > > > Perl was written with sysadmin work in mind. That was the original > > Perl is a hideously ugly language that should be taken out and shot. Since > your soliciting opinions :-) Python is a much easier, cleaner, and nicer > language for sys admin tasksfor me then perl. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Python completely object orientated ? And doesn't it force you to write your code in an OO structure ? to me that just seems like overkill for the average day to day sysadmin task. Perl code can be ugly and wrong, but if written properly, it is easily readable and easy to work with. -- - Wayne Pascoe | Be nice to your daemons. usenet@penguinpowered.org.uk | http://www.penguinpowered.org.uk | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message