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[Fredrik Lundh]

tony summerfelt wrote:
> i think something like the following is pretty hard to beat:

cannot tell what that one's doing without running it,
and I don't have perl on this box...

...but the next one is easier:

> and i think the following is hard to beat in tcl/tk:
>
> #!/usr/bin/wish
>
> button .b -text "Exit" -command {exit}
> pack .b

it can be written in 2-3 lines in Python as well, but
the pydiomatic Python version isn't much longer:

#!/usr/bin/env python

from Tkinter import *
import sys

b = Button(text="Exit", command=sys.exit)
b.pack()

mainloop()

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