(slightly OT): Python and linux - very cool

[Roy Culley]

In article <aibggq$135al0$2 at id-150829.news.dfncis.de>,
	Matthew Gardiner<matgarnz at mail.ru> writes:
>>>> Roy Culley<rgc at swissonline.ch> 08/01/02 11:33p.m. >>>
>>In article <slrnakhuhq.la6.TuxTrax at fortress.tuxnet>,
>>	TuxTrax at fortress.tuxnet.net (TuxTrax) writes:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>
>>Really nice post. This is what cola should be about.
>> 
>>> This is the code I whipped up. It opens a connection to the server,
>>> and gets the ident and stats. It then prints the last 10 available
>>> messages before closing the connection. No big deal. But for this
>>> newbie, a very big deal.
>>
>>Newbie or not I think it is a big deal. I've been playing with python
>>and only wish it had been around when I learnt perl. Python is an
>>excellent programming language. I have the feeling it is slower than
>>perl but perhaps that's because I'm a python newbie as well.
> 
> I'd be excited to. Good on ya.  Now, off to see when Kobol is ready ;)
> 
>>> #####################################
>>> # load needed libraries and modules #
>>> #####################################
>>> 
>>> # load module required for interfacing to usenet servers
>>> # via NNTP. Documentation for this library is at:
>>> # http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-nntplib.html 
>>> from nntplib import *
>>>
>>> <snip rest of script>
>>
>>Sorry, this just won't do. Too many comments. :-)
>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> Stuff just works better in Linux. What else can you say.
>>
>>That's it in a nutshell. All I can add is that it is fun too. To me
>>that's one of the huge differences between *nix and MS OS's.  No
>>wonder the wintrolls are grumpy all the time. So would I be if I was
>>forced to use that crap day in day out. That's another freedom that
>>OSS provides.
> 
> Knowledge is freedom, freedom is power. Power to leave the Microsoft
> flock and develop your own concepts and ideas. Something Microsoft
> supporters fear. The know that ignorance is what keep many people
> from not trying alternatives, and unfortunately, those who challenge
> this invisible cage are "knocked", where as the UNIX community will
> praise you as you become more knowledgable.

If I was a religious person I would say amen. :-)