After i learned the hard way that Perl is "mainly" designed to manipulate text (and fine for cgi) and as a "glue language" i wonder what else should i maybe learn ...
Yes....
"Python"? for sysadmin tasks in alternative or supplement to shell/bash/perl?
Wait. What do you mean "glue language" means? I've been doing sysadmin tasks for over 20 years. Sysadminning is mostly glueing.

I don't know any language that's more suitable for sysadminning than Perl, and I don't think there's an area that's more suited for Perl than sysadminning.

I read some wikipedia articles
Wikipedia articles usually tell the opinions and beliefs of the last person editing it.

In reply to Re: [OT] Alternative, supplement to Perl for sysadministration? by JavaFan
in thread [OT] Alternative, supplement to Perl for sysadministration? by matze77

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