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by throwaway2016a 3157 days ago
> Python is NOT ONLY GOOD FOR WEBSITES.

PHP, Ruby, Node.js all have excellent tooling for making command line applications as well as websites. While none of them have focused much on having a GUI, projects do exist.

Ruby in particular is very widely used as a system automation language.
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mamcx 3156 days ago
But not as strong as with python. And certainly PHP/Node is biased heavily for web-apps. Python is a bit more broad.
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tooltalk 3156 days ago
I thought Ruby is/was mostly known for the Rail framework.

I know that both Chef and Puppet are written in Ruby, but is there any particular reason why Ruby is better as configuration management/system automation language?

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