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Subject: Re: question about input() and/or raw_input()
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 16:14:48 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2014-01-18, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> On 1/18/2014 1:30 PM, Roy Smith wrote:
>> Pardon me for being cynical, but in the entire history of the universe,
>> has anybody ever used input()/raw_input() for anything other than a
>> homework problem?
>
> Homework problems (and 'toy' programs, such as hangman), whether in a 
> programming class or elsewhere, are one of the intended use cases of 
> Python. How else would you get interactive input without the complexity 
> of a gui?

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