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0 pointsgecko12y ago0 comments

PowerShell and Python both make fairly lousy CLIs out-of-the-box, and you can already talk to .NET objects in Python through either IronPython or pywin32's COM interop, depending on what you're up to. In other words: you can already use Python in place of PowerShell. Do so in good health, and be merry. :)

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count12y ago· 2 in thread

Every time you have to add a new component to a system to run your tools, a system administrator gets his wings.

PS is built in, Python isn't, so Python can't be used to 'bootstrap' anything from the ground up in Windows. If you're going to have to bootstrap in PS, why not just stick with it?

alrs12y ago

Because Windows is going away. Python experience is portable. Your tools have a chance of having some use after your last Windows box is turned off.

jmspring12y ago

Windows on the desktop is going away? Pretty sure it will be around for many many years to come. I say this as a primarily mac household.

That said, yes, Python is a portable skill.

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