Women in Technology

Article:		VBScript or Perl?
Subject:		Python
Date:		2003-11-19 05:00:18
From:		anonymous2
Response to: Why not JScript?
Python fits very well in the windows world (can talk to dll's, COM, etc) and has cleaner object orientation than perl. Python stresses clarity and simplicity, yet it is also a very powerful language.

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• Python
  2003-11-19 20:22:57  Robbie Allen | [View]
  
  
  I wondered if someone might ask why I left out Python :-) It is also a viable option (as is a few other languages). But I see even fewer Windows Sys Admins using it. If you have a Python background and need to write scripts for the Windows environment, then you probably shouldn't look at anything else. You can accomplish pretty much the same things with Python as you can Perl on Windows. But I still prefer Perl :-)
  
  A good follow-on question to this article is Perl or Python? (in the Windows environment) If you knew both, would one be better than another?

• Python
  2003-11-19 10:45:07  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  "and has cleaner object orientation than perl"
  
  But why would this matter in a scripting environment? No one is going to write a class for a 20-30 line utility script.
  
  - Joe

• Python
  2003-11-19 08:32:48  wjgilmore [View]
  
  
  Agreed, Python does work quite well in the Windows environment. O'Reilly published a Python/Windows book, called "Python Programming on Win32" if I remember correctly. Another great book on Python is "Practical Python", by Magnus Hetland, published by Apress. (disclaimer: I was a tech editor).
  
  Jason
  
  http://www.wjgilmore.com/