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by SurgeArrest 1015 days ago
"Why Python" by Eric Raymond in Linux Journal is what started my love of python for me before Ruby or JavaScript outside of the browser were even a thing.

https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3882

A python script easily outperformed a bash shell script + shell commands for processing text and automating tasks.

Most Linux system administration with Python is just so much easier than any other way, that was after I tried doing the same with Perl which was awful in terms of readbility just a few days after the script was written.