PythonCard, ease of use, and the GUI problem/opportunity/niche

[David Beech]

On 11 Jan 2002, at 19:24, Peter Hansen wrote:

> David Beech wrote:
> > 
> > On 10 Jan 2002, at 14:53, Cliff Wells wrote:
> > > Then again, programming now using VB, compared to using Python, really
> > > sucks. Yes, it's that bad.
> > 
> > In Australia VB is known as a beer. Much use of VB leaves you
> > legless and useless for any serious work. Australia has several
> > kinds of python, one, the water python is very fast and agile in
> > its environment and is powerful enough to kill small crocodiles,
> > feral cats, foxes and dingoes. And the occasional (small) VB
> > user. It is sometimes mistaken for a Taipan.
> 
> What, they're too gentle to kill cats that aren't feral?  Weird...
> 
> -Peter
> 

Not too gentle, just lacking a module. Perhaps:

from xmlrpclib import kill_domestic_cat

...

target = kill_domestic_cat( server = ' ... ', 
                            cat = 'Tabby',
                            modus = 'choke'
                          )

David