Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?
On 2007-08-11 00:44:17 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> >>> Imagine a filename contains: ' `some command`
>
> > Yes, because you get:
>
> > echo '' `ls -l`'
>
> I get? *I* get? Pst, look up above. *YOU* decided say "Imagine a
> filename contains: ' `some command` Quoted right there.
I said "contains", not "is". You should get a dictionary.
> > which is not valid. Try with:
>
> So now you're modifying what you wrote, tsk, tsk.
No, I've given a filename that *contains* ' `some command`.
> >> Which is why I strayed away from Perl into Python land.
>
> > This is a very subjective argument. One *can* write readable Perl
> > scripts. Also remember TIMTOWTDI.
>
> One can, yes. And I remember TIMTOWTDI which is the antithesis
> of writing readable code.
No, it's up to the programmer to write readable code.
> I was hip deep in Perl code for several years. I found that the only
> way to write readable Perl was to throw half of the language out and
> stick to a strict subset of the language so as to be consistent.
A part of the language is a bit obsolete. Some features are deprecated
(but can be useful for some one-liners). Unlike Python, nothing is
removed from Perl, so that old Perl scripts can still run and there
is no need for N versions on the disk.
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