Python or Java or "X" from me and my little job

[Gordon McMillan]

Les Schaffer wrote:

> GMcM said:
> 
> > Build in zlib (a matter of uncommenting some lines in Modules/Setup
> > on Linux) and it does.
> 
> i'd prefer in these cases using calls to system functions 'tar' and
> 'gzip'. any advantage to using uiltin-in zip?

>From my vague understanding of what he's doing, I would too. I use 
gzip heavily for on-the-fly compression / decompression, but for 
batch-ish stuff, I think I'd use external tools.

- Gordon