Do you agree /g/ ?
"Config management tool" isn't a scripting language, and if you don't know how to use Puppet or Chef or Ansible by know, that should damn well be your priority.
Also Perl? In 2015? Jesus fucking Christ.
>>51575588
Yes, Python can do almost everything with its libraries, is easy to understand, and overall just werks.
>>51575600
I like perl.
I'm surprised people fall for the Ruby meme
>>51575617
>I like perl.
tcl desu
>>51575708
Those reactions are hilarious.
>>51575588
About a decade back it would have been Perl, but Python seems to be the programming language du jour.
In short Python is the correct answer - with Python being taught in middle-school I don't see it being overthrown any time soon.
>>51575636
It has been big with the DevOps crowd, though its popularity seems to be fading in recent years.
Perl is vastly superior to Python when it comes to text handling and reporting, which is what sysadmins do with scripting languages besides other maintenance tasks like backups.
>b-b-but it's old
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_novelty
Lua for performance intensive tasks, Python for anything else.
>>51575617
Same here. Programming in Perl is fun as fuck.
I find Python easier to read than Perl scripts
c++
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