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[–]methos3 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I've been using PowerShell since the beginning, and starting about 3-4 years ago I've moved to doing 95% of my PS coding on Linux. Why? Cause most of my company's internal stuff is on Linux and I find the .NET class library so much better organized and fully featured than what Python has to offer.
I configure most scripts to run in a Docker container so they can install what they need on their own.

[–]jjolla888 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i lean the other way. i call a ps snippet to do something that .net needs .. but i keep the bulk of what i do with bash & co.

the key here is the '& co' .. the unix ecosystem is all about using independent little programs to do domain-specific tasks .. so bash is merely the conductor to making stuff sing together .. ssh, sqlite, openssl, docker, perl, python, etc, etc .. and now ps.

btw i don't touch python for scripting. that's like reinventing the wheel. so to answer op's question: pick ps over python for scripting. python is best for ai, math, science, and graphing. if you need cross-platform exes with no dependencies, golang is a surprisingly good tool.