Controlling an external program with Python

[Alexandre Ferrieux]

Paul Duffin wrote:
> 
> Apparently there is a port of Expect for Python so why not use that
> rather than try and reimplement it all over again. 
> Expect has over 7 years of development and centuries of testing on many
> different platforms, do you really want to reproduce that. If so why,
> what exactly is wrong with Expect.

The same as with TkInter: it needs a full Tcl inside. Again I've got
next to nothing against Tcl, it's just that the separation of orthogonal
things is such a natural thing for me.

-Alex