why does activestate (win98) python not support globbing

[Mitchell Morris]

In article <Xns9082ACAF036A9rcamesz at 127.0.0.1>, Robert Amesz wrote:
>Steve Holden wrote:
>
[snip]
>>Seems sensible since it's not the platform default for other command
>>line programs? Nasty to have to glob wildcards, but consistent with
>>the DOS heritage.
>
>Why nasty? This is one instance were I think UNIX has got it wrong. 
>It's much better to leave commandline parameters alone than to try and 
>interpret them in a particular way. Explicit is better than implicit.
>
>Robert Amesz

In the same way that I enjoy watching Chris Farley movies ("guiltily"
is how it's pronounced, I believe), I also enjoy(ed) watching Tom
Christiansen vent his spleen at all and sundry on occasion. In this
particular case, after napalming the poor sod who set him off, he
actually explained why having the shell glob is The Right Thing (tm) and
having the program glob is The Wrong Thing (!tm).

<URL:http://language.perl.com/misc/fmshglob>