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		steveklabnik on April 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 3rd Edition of Programming: Principles and Practic... Incidentally, this thing comes up a lot: Python vs Rust for scripts. I wrote a comparison four years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22712441 And updated it six months later: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24595081 That's still how I'd do this task today. Anyway, I don't think that Rust is always a great choice for scripting, but if you already know Rust, it's totally fine at it.

germandiago on April 19, 2024 [–]

Same for C++ with a good options library and std::filesystem IMHO. You can kind of script with that. I did it and was surprised it did well for some of my engine tooling.

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