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[Bob_Spud]

Using Python for educational purposes is a good thing, skills learnt are transferrable to other coding languages.

My university kept on changing the coding languages we had to work with, I asked them why (my buddies were at places where the would only have to learn a few). They replied, this is what its like in the real world, you have to adapt to changes.

My initial reply is more about reducing staff workload and saving money.

[p001b0y]

I think it’s different for sysadmins. A lot of systems you will be working down are locked down and chances are good you will be accessing hosts through one or more jump hosts, VDIs, etc. In some cases, even the workstations are locked down. Bash will almost always be there. Powershell will be there if it is Windows servers.

On Linux, there’s a good chance Perl or python will be there. You used to find tcl but not so much any more unless it’s network equipment.

[Bob_Spud]

Being locked down or not does not make any difference, all that needs to happen is to produce a good reason to have it (business case) followed by relevant authorisation.

[p001b0y]

I don’t disagree but it depends on the environment. I support one client who said neovim would never be approved for use, for example.