python call external program (WHAT THE?!)

[Phil Hunt]

In article <004b01beffc1$a4158f80$f29b12c2 at secret.pythonware.com>
           fredrik at pythonware.com "Fredrik Lundh" writes:
> yet another Linux zealot wrote:
> > # use Linux instead of MS rubbish
> 
> looks like someone hasn't read the Linux Advocacy
> mini-HOWTO in quite a while.  for your convenience,
> just follow this link:
> 
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Advocacy.html
> 
> make sure to read chapter 6 carefully.
> 
> and yes, you might not be aware of this, but
> Python runs on many platforms, and this news-
> group is open for all Python users.  if you have
> a problem with that, go start your own news-
> group.

I am perfectly well aware that people run Python on platforms other
that Linux; this should be evident, given that I am in fact currently 
developing a tool(*) whose aims include the ability to make Python 
GUI applications more portable across platforms.

[*] on the subject of Parrot, my text-based GUI builder, I'm likely 
to have a working version of the Python/Tkinter backend up this 
weekend. Oh, and people who want to run Parrot on platforms other 
than Linux are welcome to do so.


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