Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?
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On 08/18/07 14:20, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 08:52:45PM +0200, Manon Metten wrote:
>> Thanks for sharing your valuable experience. I've decided to first become
>> more familiar with Bash and then I'll give Python a try. If it don't like
>> it, I
>> can always try something else. But ATM I think Python will be the best
>> option. I've seen some code on the net that looks pretty clean and some
>> examples that enable me to achieve what I want.
>
> I think you've hit the nail on the head. While the coding of both bash
> and pyhthon _can_ be made clear, bash allows some cryptic short-cuts
> that are rather common whereas python enforces clean coding. Also, I
Eh.
I've written enough cryptic Python and lucid C & bash to know that
Python does *not* enforce clean coding.
Maybe Ada does, but I doubt it.
> find that some of the bash constructs are cryptic by their nature with
> no clean work-arounds. They are likely perfectly clear to a proficient
> bash coder but the finer points are lost on me.
>
> In short, I use bash for things like dos .bat files; a sequential list
> of commands. Once something requires looping or decisions, I go
> straight for python. To complete the sequence, if python is too slow at
What a waste. bash is *great* for looping thru lists. (Perfect?
No. But still great.)
> something, I recode the relevant functions in Fortran. I did that a lot
> on my 486 but never on my Athlon64. :)
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
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