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It's very likely that those people know both python and awk, and this their attitude of superiority is not unwarranted.

It's much faster to type out the awk line then to write the same in python.




> It's very likely that those people know both python and awk, and this their attitude of superiority is not unwarranted.

Ok....

> It's much faster to type out the awk line then to write the same in python.

Is there some sort of speed-typing award that's being handed out that I'm missing? If there isn't, why would they feel superior?

We're all† smug pricks, but that's no cause for celebration. And 99% of the time we're not even justified in our smugness.

† All = a huge chunk of IT people, developers especially.


No, if you're a dick you're still a dick.

I know both Python and Awk. Do I go around telling people "stop using your preferred tool, even though it's efficient enough and works fine, use this other esoteric one instead"? Hell no.


And what if instead of "stop using your preferred tool" the person says "there's this other tool I use and I find it makes these sorts of tasks easier; You might like it, too."


That's different, and obviously not a case of the "derisive attitude" I pointed out. Just because you don't do it, doesn't mean people don't do it.




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