PEP 238 (revised)

[Tim Rowe]

In article <3B6B1B8A.EB9644AA at Lugoj.Com>, JamesL at Lugoj.Com (James Logajan) 
wrote:

> Terry Reedy wrote:
> > 
> > "Tim Rowe" <digitig at cix.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:memo.20010803215850.16469f at digitig.compulink.co.uk...
> > > Just a quick reminder that the reason I can't get any sysadmin to
> > let me
> > > use Python is that all the ones I encounter consider Python too
> > unstable
> > > for serious work. I see their point :-(
> > 
> > Compared to what?   I'm am acually curious.
> 
> If I may interject:
> 
> Bourne shell.
> C.

Yep. And even Perl, because one has to overcome a lot of inertia to shift 
a sysop. It's not enough to simply be /better/ :-)