Re: My son wants me to teach him Python

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Date	2013-06-14 14:05 +1000
Subject	Re: My son wants me to teach him Python
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, June 13, 2013 3:18:57 PM UTC-5, Joshua Landau wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> GUI is boring. I don't give a damn about that. If I had it
>> my way, I'd never write any interfaces again (although
>> designing them is fine). Console interaction is faster to
>> do and it lets me do the stuff I *want* to do quicker.
>
> And are you willing to provide *proof* that the console is
> faster? Or is this merely just your "opinion"? I would be
> ready and willing to compete in a "Pepsi challenge" to
> disprove your claim if needed.  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.

Also - Show me an efficient way, with a GUI, to invoke any file with
any program with any parameters, without cheating and using something
like Alt-F2 to enter a command line. Your solution must be utterly
generic. I need to be able to tail -F and tail -f a file.

ChrisA

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Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 21:18 +0100
  Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 20:33 -0700
    Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 14:02 +1000
      Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2013-06-14 15:02 +0300
        Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 03:12 +1000
    Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 14:05 +1000
      Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 12:04 -0700
        Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-17 07:52 +1000
          Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-16 15:33 -0700
            Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-06-17 21:11 +0000
    Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 06:11 +0100
    Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-14 06:13 +0000
      Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 17:21 +1000
      Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-06-14 05:41 -0500
        Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-06-14 15:35 +0000
      Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-06-14 16:01 +0000
        Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 03:14 +1000
      Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 13:03 -0400
    Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 02:28 -0400
    Re: My son wants me to teach him Python Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-06-14 20:12 -0400

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