python IRC & Command line

[Peter Hansen]

"Michael P. Soulier" wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 24 May 2003 22:44:06 -0400, Peter Hansen <peter at engcorp.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Well that may be true but some people argue the fact that perl is better
> >> for unix/linux users if you are a person that will be getting into system
> >> administration.
> >>
> >>   How true is this? Or can python be used for the same tasks that perl is
> >> used for System admin.
> >
> > Yes, it can, and is.
> 
> Just to add to that statement, I direct you to RedHat Linux. The
> installer, and the majority of the sysadmin code, is all Python.

RPM uses Python, but I'm uncertain the rest of that statement is correct.
Could you provide a link to a reference for this info?

-Peter