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Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions

Date 2012-11-14 21:55 -0500
From Dave Angel <d@davea.name>
Subject Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions
References (5 earlier) <mailman.3700.1352930072.27098.python-list@python.org> <roy-BF8F05.20491814112012@news.panix.com> <mailman.3707.1352945064.27098.python-list@python.org> <roy-7E5CC6.21102914112012@news.panix.com> <CAPTjJmpOEkFgTyOBj-Bdf9oZGAQHWLKccftA5ti1TjPceT8qag@mail.gmail.com>
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On 11/14/2012 09:21 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> 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...

And real machine language (microcode) is a pile of quarks;  fermions
versus bosons.  But in recent years, you pretty much have to work at
Intel to see that part of the processor.



-- 

DaveA

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Subprocess puzzle and two questions wrw@mac.com - 2012-11-13 22:34 -0500
  Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-11-13 23:41 -0500
    Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2012-11-14 00:03 -0500
      Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-11-14 09:22 -0500
        Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-15 01:40 +1100
          Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions roy@panix.com (Roy Smith) - 2012-11-14 11:20 -0500
            Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-15 08:54 +1100
              Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-11-14 20:49 -0500
                Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-15 13:04 +1100
                Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-11-14 21:10 -0500
                Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-11-15 13:21 +1100
                Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-11-14 21:55 -0500
                Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions Kushal Kumaran <kushal.kumaran+python@gmail.com> - 2012-11-15 10:23 +0530
                Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-11-15 22:54 +0000
                Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-11-15 20:07 -0500
                Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-11-17 00:17 +0000
              DNS from Python (was Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions) aahz@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) - 2012-11-14 21:42 -0800
        Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions wrw@mac.com - 2012-11-14 09:37 -0500
  Re: Subprocess puzzle and two questions Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2012-11-13 23:17 -0800

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