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[–] SinTan1729@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Agree, although I've recently replaced the python usecase with Go. Almost as easy to write, but much faster and safer.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Oh yeah, I never used Python myself and did some very simple (but IMHO too much hassle in bash) Go stuff some time ago. It's a really good language for that, and if you can't build on the target, the binary is statically linked anyways.

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How is Go safer?

[–] SinTan1729@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Well, it's statically typed, and it's memory safe. (There can be some race conditions during concurrent execution, but that's not relevant for simple scripts.)