Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:03:54 +0200, grauzone wrote: >> I can log into ANY Linux, Solaris, BSD, OSX, etc system and have a >> reasonable /bin/sh that allows at least bourne shell functionality. The >> same can't be said for almost any other scripting language you can throw >> at me. > > Sure, /bin/sh is the least common denominator. But is there a UNIX that > can't run python?
Sure there is. My external disk array runs one. It's OS fits on a 16 MiB ram-drive, with 3 MiB free, with almost all the shell commands implemented by an extremely stripped BusyBox. Still I can telnet into it and run scripts which Windows can only dream of.
