What language to manipulate text files

[Cameron Laird]

In article <1118576811.816071.65590 at z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
 <beliavsky at aol.com> wrote:
>ross wrote:
>> Roose wrote:
>> > Why do people keep asking what language to use for certain things in the
>> > Python newsgroup?  Obviously the answer is going to biased.
>> >
>> > Not that it's a bad thing because I love Python, but it doesn't make sense
>> > if you honestly want an objective opinion.
>> >
>> > R
>>
>> What usenet group is it best to ask in then?
>> Is there one where people have good knowledge of many scripting
>> languages?
>
>"What programming language is best for x" questions can be asked in
>comp.programming and/or comp.lang.misc , and possibly in a
>domain-specific newsgroup if it exists, for example
>sci.math.num-analysis if x = scientific computing. The resulting
>debates contain both heat and light :).
>

comp.lang.python is actually a fine place to ask such questions,
I submit, for reasons the original poster could not have known:
clp includes quite a few deeply-experienced commentators, and the
ethos of clp favors accuracy over invective far more than some
other newsgroups nominally better focused on general questions.