Using general-purpose scripting languages

Question

There are many communities of scripting languages ​​that claim that a language can be used for everything, but in fact almost everyone uses it for one specific thing, for example: web development. For example, if I take a look at Ruby, they will tell you about their purpose, but in fact everyone uses it with rails only for web development.

• Can you list some uses of popular general-purpose scripting languages ​​for a local PC? (except attachment) Is there?
• Rapid development, as a rule, is it worth bringing the whole translator with your program? Then in most cases there will be problems with performance and stability, depending on the language.

Regards, Llamas

Answer 1

I use Python for most things that are not related to computing, i.e. they are not limited by how many calculations you do per second. Some of the things I used Python for:

• Common scenarios for image management, etc. using the Python Imaging Library .
• GUIs for command line applications using the pexpect module .
• Mathematical modeling of microbial systems.
• Bioinformatics.
• Some web programming.

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