Is it possible to create C-style "main" function in Python? (for teaching purposes)

[Chris Angelico]

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Alan Meyer <ameyer2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Of course you'll need to be fair in evaluating the students comparisons.
>  Some bright students are likely to come up with good reasons for using
> globals in some situations, and they might even be right.  Or if they're not
> completely right, they might nevertheless be partly right.  They should get
> high marks for that.
>

Definitely. There's always a right time to do the wrong thing, just as
much as there's a wrong time to do the right thing. Even the
much-maligned goto has its place.

ChrisA