[Discuss] Scripting languages (was Re: rsync v. cp in data migration)

[invalid at pizzashack.org (Derek Martin)]

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 02:32:29PM -0400, Richard Pieri wrote:
> Derek Martin wrote:
> Tricks like that were necessary when wrangling some 20 different UNIXes.

Right, but you're making my point. :)  Python 2.6 is python 2.6,
regardless of where it's installed.  There's no need to memorize (or
code) an entire library of portability issues.  And for the most
part, code you wrote for python 1.x still works with it; and when it
does not, most often the language tells you what to do instead when you
run the code (but backward compatibility is maintained for a very long
time, with suitable warnings).  As for internal syntax consistency and
design, IMO none of the other languages I've used can beat it.  That
makes it unbelievably easy to learn, and possible to write useful
code almost immediately.

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