So pretty much, there is no real advantage of using python more then in a religious point of view?
Can you code powershell to control/automatise linux servers for example? An advantage could be to work with a language that works on any platform. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Vernon Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > I am prejudiced. > > Several years ago, I was looking for a copy of perl which would run on > Windows, because I needed a better scripting language than a .BAT file > could give. (This was using Windows 2000.) > While searching the Internet, I tripped across a comment something > like: "Why would anyone learn perl when python is available?" That was > the first time I had ever heard of python. I looked it up... > > I have made very little use of any other language since that day. > > Python has IMHO the best syntax of any programming language I have > ever used -- and I have used plenty. > > Python is also one of the most versatile languages I have seen. For > example... > I was given the task of keeping several users from attempting to > update the same drawing (autocad file) simultaneously, so I needed a > lightweight version control system for non-text files. I wrote it in > Python. > It was too hard for computer illiterate users, so I added a GUI front > end with one of the GUI tool kits available (wyPython). > I had need of a similar system for another application, so I changed > the file structure it used (easy with the os.path module). > I needed it to work across the Internet, so I changed the Windows copy > commands to ftp using a standard Python module. > I needed to share the data with some Linux systems, so copied the > Python source to Ubuntu and ran it. I had to make about three changes > in the source to make it work on either operating system. > (Note: this was CPython, not IronPython. IronPython is catching up.) > > So you can learn a scripting language which is limited in scope and is > supported by the richest company in the world (this week at least), > and which therefore will have lots of job openings. > or... > You can learn a scripting language which is easy and fun and open > source and has an active development community worldwide and can also > be used for HUGE projects and web services, but you will have a hard > time selling it in some cases. > -- > Vernon Cole > > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:58 AM, jocke khazad <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > > > I would like you ask this question that I seem not to get an answer for > > anywhere. > > > > What is the advantage of using ironpython compared to using only > powershell? > > Or is it just a personal choice which one you like the best? > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Joakim > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com >
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