Paul Rubin <no.em...@nospam.invalid> wrote in news:7xpqzbj8st....@ruckus.brouhaha.com:
> Re: Python as a scripting language. Alternative to bash script? > That's interesting but I'm having a hard time seeing how it would work. > I think environment variables didn't exist in early versions of Unix, > and argc/argv were passed to the child process on its stack. I guess > the reverse side could involve the "wait" system call taking a callback > parameter with a buffer to receive the returned data. But that still > only happens when the child actually exits, and presumably > intercommunicating netween programs should be bidirectional. But Unix > has always had pipes for that. I can't see Python as an alt. to bash. (As I recall) Python is much more object-oriented than bash, but also there are many commands (such as apt- get, etc.) that would need Python equivs. However, I can see Python being used as a scripting alt. to C. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list