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    beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use

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    • ObsolesceO
      Obsolesce @JaredBusch
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      @jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

      @pete-s said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

      There is no general answer to your question.

      There is. Just because you cannot see it doesn't mean it does not exist.

      Each person's answer of a language is a general answer. Their reason for the recommendation allows me to see if it fits my need and skill and desire.

      It might be an excuse to give Golang a whirl.

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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch @Obsolesce
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        @obsolesce said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

        @jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

        @pete-s said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

        There is no general answer to your question.

        There is. Just because you cannot see it doesn't mean it does not exist.

        Each person's answer of a language is a general answer. Their reason for the recommendation allows me to see if it fits my need and skill and desire.

        It might be an excuse to give Golang a whirl.

        I have never done anything with it but I know @stacksofplates has done a bunch with it.

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        • black3dynamiteB
          black3dynamite
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          While searching for alternatives to bash scripting, I noticed people mentioning Perl, Python, Go and Ruby.

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          • stacksofplatesS
            stacksofplates @JaredBusch
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            @jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

            @obsolesce said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

            @jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

            @pete-s said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

            There is no general answer to your question.

            There is. Just because you cannot see it doesn't mean it does not exist.

            Each person's answer of a language is a general answer. Their reason for the recommendation allows me to see if it fits my need and skill and desire.

            It might be an excuse to give Golang a whirl.

            I have never done anything with it but I know @stacksofplates has done a bunch with it.

            Yeah it all depends. Prob the best option for this use case is to choose based on the libraries available for what you want to do.

            However if you just want a binary you can ship around easily then Go is a great choice.

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            • stacksofplatesS
              stacksofplates
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              Another plus for Go here is concurrency. Go makes concurrency really easy.

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              • JaredBuschJ
                JaredBusch @stacksofplates
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                @stacksofplates said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                Prob the best option for this use case is to choose based on the libraries available for what you want to do.

                I assume that anything people recommend today would have most libraries.
                But that is part of why I ask.

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                • stacksofplatesS
                  stacksofplates @JaredBusch
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                  @jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                  @stacksofplates said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                  Prob the best option for this use case is to choose based on the libraries available for what you want to do.

                  I assume that anything people recommend today would have most libraries.
                  But that is part of why I ask.

                  Yeah it depends. I've run into situations where the library might exist but it's garbage to use or just didn't exist, but you're right its not the norm anymore.

                  After spending the past 9-10 months writing microservices in Python I don't mind it. I used to not like it at all. This looks promising for Python:

                  https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python

                  This one for Go:

                  https://github.com/u2takey/ffmpeg-go

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                      @jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                      I assume the first answer will be python, which I am not a fan of, but can use.

                      Like it or hate it, I'd still recommend Python3 every time for this.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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                        @black3dynamite said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                        While searching for alternatives to bash scripting, I noticed people mentioning Perl, Python, Go and Ruby.

                        Yeah. Ruby is nice to write but... it isn't installed universally like Python (not that P3 is universal, but much closer to it.) I like Ruby way more than most people, and even I don't use it.

                        Perl... OMG I hate Perl.

                        Go is great as a language. But like Ruby, not installed generally. And fewer resources. If it was a greenfield new OS, yeah, Go for sure. But for practical reasons, Python I think.

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                          Go is great as a language. But like Ruby, not installed generally. And fewer resources. If it was a greenfield new OS, yeah, Go for sure. But for practical reasons, Python I think.

                          As these are systems that I control, there is no reason Go cannot be installed.

                          Between your comments and prior ones from @stacksofplates I think I might try Go in order to learn it.

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                          • stacksofplatesS
                            stacksofplates @JaredBusch
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                            @jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                            @scottalanmiller said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                            Go is great as a language. But like Ruby, not installed generally. And fewer resources. If it was a greenfield new OS, yeah, Go for sure. But for practical reasons, Python I think.

                            As these are systems that I control, there is no reason Go cannot be installed.

                            Between your comments and prior ones from @stacksofplates I think I might try Go in order to learn it.

                            You normally wouldn't install it anyway as it's not a scripting language. You'd just compile your binary and ship that to your systems.

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch @stacksofplates
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                              @stacksofplates said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                              @jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                              @scottalanmiller said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                              Go is great as a language. But like Ruby, not installed generally. And fewer resources. If it was a greenfield new OS, yeah, Go for sure. But for practical reasons, Python I think.

                              As these are systems that I control, there is no reason Go cannot be installed.

                              Between your comments and prior ones from @stacksofplates I think I might try Go in order to learn it.

                              You normally wouldn't install it anyway as it's not a scripting language. You'd just compile your binary and ship that to your systems.

                              I completely misunderstood that about Go. Okay, I will do a bit of checking and decide what I want to do.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                                @jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                                @stacksofplates said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                                @jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                                @scottalanmiller said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                                Go is great as a language. But like Ruby, not installed generally. And fewer resources. If it was a greenfield new OS, yeah, Go for sure. But for practical reasons, Python I think.

                                As these are systems that I control, there is no reason Go cannot be installed.

                                Between your comments and prior ones from @stacksofplates I think I might try Go in order to learn it.

                                You normally wouldn't install it anyway as it's not a scripting language. You'd just compile your binary and ship that to your systems.

                                I completely misunderstood that about Go. Okay, I will do a bit of checking and decide what I want to do.

                                oh sorry, I figured you knew. That's why I never look at it, I don't want to deal with binaries in that way. But nothing wrong with that. Write it on your machine at home, compile, ship binary. Works just fine.

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                                • JaredBuschJ
                                  JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                                  @jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                                  @stacksofplates said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                                  @jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                                  Go is great as a language. But like Ruby, not installed generally. And fewer resources. If it was a greenfield new OS, yeah, Go for sure. But for practical reasons, Python I think.

                                  As these are systems that I control, there is no reason Go cannot be installed.

                                  Between your comments and prior ones from @stacksofplates I think I might try Go in order to learn it.

                                  You normally wouldn't install it anyway as it's not a scripting language. You'd just compile your binary and ship that to your systems.

                                  I completely misunderstood that about Go. Okay, I will do a bit of checking and decide what I want to do.

                                  oh sorry, I figured you knew. That's why I never look at it, I don't want to deal with binaries in that way. But nothing wrong with that. Write it on your machine at home, compile, ship binary. Works just fine.

                                  As fixed tasks, this is not a bad solution. So I will keep it in mind.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                                    @jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                                    @jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                                    @stacksofplates said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                                    @jaredbusch said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in beyond bash shell scripting, what language should I use:

                                    Go is great as a language. But like Ruby, not installed generally. And fewer resources. If it was a greenfield new OS, yeah, Go for sure. But for practical reasons, Python I think.

                                    As these are systems that I control, there is no reason Go cannot be installed.

                                    Between your comments and prior ones from @stacksofplates I think I might try Go in order to learn it.

                                    You normally wouldn't install it anyway as it's not a scripting language. You'd just compile your binary and ship that to your systems.

                                    I completely misunderstood that about Go. Okay, I will do a bit of checking and decide what I want to do.

                                    oh sorry, I figured you knew. That's why I never look at it, I don't want to deal with binaries in that way. But nothing wrong with that. Write it on your machine at home, compile, ship binary. Works just fine.

                                    As fixed tasks, this is not a bad solution. So I will keep it in mind.

                                    Right, no big deal in this case.

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