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Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:21:07 +1100
Subject: Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <mailman.3707.1352945064.27098.python-list@python.org>,
>  Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Indeed. But Python boasts that the batteries are included, and given
>> the wealth of other networking facilities that are available, it is a
>> bit of a hole that you can't run DNS queries in this way.
>
> Think of the socket and struct modules as a pile of carbon rods and gobs
> of zinc paste, from which you can assemble your own batteries, and make
> them in exactly the shape and size you need.

Then assembly language is a pile of protons, neutrons, and electrons...

:)

ChrisA