Just like folks say that not everything should be done in T-SQL, not everything has to be done in something other than T-SQL. (Jeff)
True, but in order to be able to choose among two or more options - you need to have the other option (other than TSQL)....
For instance, a guy with some UNIX knowledge will never write a script to replace strings in a text file. He'll use SED command instead. If you only know Windows, you'll never know that it ever existed...