Python in Process Control?

[Cameron Laird]

In article <mailman.4176.1096636511.5135.python-list at python.org>,
Neil Benn  <benn at cenix-bioscience.com> wrote:
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>    Good to see that you didn't use ActiveX (if one more company 
>_boasts_ that their equipment comes with 'industry standard' ActiveX I 
>think I'm going to cry)!!  Believe it or not I still have to interact 
>with some equipment using DDE!!!!
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Believe it?  Why, I'd guess if you're working in the real
world at all, there are times when you wish, "If only this
were advanced enough to support DDE."

I know about those tears that vendors' advertisements can
inspire.