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Subject: Re: My son wants me to teach him Python
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On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
>  For instance, if i want to
> open a text file on my machine, i merely navigate to the
> file via my file browser interface, using clicks along the
> way, and then the final double click will open the text file
> using it's default program. Are you telling me you can type
> the address faster (much less remember the full path) than i
> can point and click?

I have tab completion. Beat that, GUI.

ChrisA