Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!gordon From: John Gordon Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Top down Python Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 07:40:53 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix1.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1392190853 17972 166.84.1.1 (12 Feb 2014 07:40:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 07:40:53 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: nn/6.7.3 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:66002 In John Allsup writes: > I want to be able to say: > 1. Put a nice picture on the background. > 2. Put a terminal window with, say, 64x20 lines, dead centre. > 3. Run a simple REPL program written in Python or Ruby within it. > I do not really want to write any more lines of code than I need to. > Why do we not have langauges and libraries that can do the above > with only five lines of code (line 0 == setup, line 4 == cleanup). You're asking for prepackaged libraries with extremely specific behavior. Forgive me for making an analogy on the Internet, but your request is akin to asking for a hammer that will automatically pound six-penny nails through half-inch drywall, while facing south, on Tuesdays. Such a hammer is great if those are your specific requirements, but worthless otherwise. It's much better to sell a generic hammer. Sure, it's a little more work for the user, but it will pound any type of nail though a variety of surfaces. I.e., it's reusable. -- John Gordon Imagine what it must be like for a real medical doctor to gordon@panix.com watch 'House', or a real serial killer to watch 'Dexter'.