OT: Should I learn bash/C/python/perl/other

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Ed Hill wrote:

> There was a few years ago a very high-profile project headed by Eric
> Raymond to implement the Linux kernel configure-and-build system in
> Python.  It failed to happen for the Linux kernel (and was picked up by
> other projects) for probably multiple reasons.  But one of the most
> cited downsides was the not-as-portable nature of Python relative to C,
> make, bash/sh, etc.

actually, the story is that raymond's CML2 wasn't adopted simply
because eric insisted on being his annoying, arrogant self, and it
didn't get any better after the kernel folks took a pass on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S_Raymond

rday