Re:Debian bookworm live images now reproducible
by palata on Thursday March 27, 2025 @05:34AM
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They precisely say they use it as a better alternative to bash. Obviously they don't think that Python is a better alternative here... or did I misunderstand the question?
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Re:Debian bookworm live images now reproducible
by eviks on Thursday March 27, 2025 @05:38AM
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Not obvious to me that they think Python is worse than Perl, and make the phrase even less sensible.
Re:Debian bookworm live images now reproducible
by dizhn on Thursday March 27, 2025 @06:14AM
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Weird wording yes. I read it as "yes perl is better than bash" (I assume for tasks that need actual programming languages), "no it's not worse than python".
Re:Debian bookworm live images now reproducible
by ben0x539 on Thursday March 27, 2025 @08:00AM
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I'm not reading it as "it's not worse than python", I am reading it as "the choice was between bash and perl, python was not an option for reasons unrelated to its merits"
Re:Debian bookworm live images now reproducible
by palata on Thursday March 27, 2025 @06:15AM
(#43491994)
So you genuinely believe that they think Python is a better choice in this case, but still chose to go for Perl because they believe it's worse? How does that work?
Re:Debian bookworm live images now reproducible
by eviks on Thursday March 27, 2025 @06:20AM
(#43492023)
It works by not mixing two different people: the commenter and the implementer.
Also, it works trivially even in the case of the implementer - he might believe Python is better, but chose Perl because he likes it more