Re: best approach for scripting on Intel Mac OS X?

["Alex Queiroz" <asandroq@...>]

Hallo,

On 12/26/06, Ken Smith <kgsmith@gmail.com> wrote:
> I actually did try using lposix and lfs.  Ex looks similar enough that
> I didn't bother with it as well.  Python was simpy the better tool for
> the job.  It happened that I needed to compute SHA-1 sums and Python
> had a module for it.  The Python implementation ended up being faster,
> probably owing to os.walk() being faster than explicit iteration with
> the methods provided by lposix and lfs.  The native SHA-1 support was
> also certainly better than doing a popen to sha1sum.  Although I find
> Lua to be a fantastic language, I must say that it has not usurped the
> other tools in my toolkit just yet.

    That's why I push ex: Because a growing user base is the kind of
pressure that can make it get better and more comprehensive. Some
early courageous adopters are needed!

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-alex
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