It really comes down to what you're trying to do in your sysadminly duties.

If there are specific tools that you use, that are written in Python, that you'd like to extend/modify/whatever, then sure, that's probably a good choice.

If you're just looking for a random language out there ... I'm not sure that there's a good one. I keep telling myself I'm going to learn how to understand make files, for when I have to deal with problems porting stuff, but I never have. And I've been meaning for the last decade to learn Expect for monitoring my systems, but I've never done that, either.

I guess part of my problem is that I see the learning languages as a solution to a problem ... I don't do well just trying to 'learn' a language -- I have to try to implement something in it. And I generally have to weigh out the advantages of learning the new language to implement it, or just doing it in a language I know well ... if I had more free time, maybe it'd affect my decision.

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

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