Newbie Using "Programming Python" 1st Ed. Question

[Cameron Laird]

In article <PMHL9.1668$c52.183655 at newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,
Tyler Eaves  <tyler at cg1.org> wrote:
>Cameron Laird wrote:
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>>>That's of no importance. VBScript, Javascript, and (some) Java runs on the
>>>client side. Python doesn't. Your webserver does all the work, the browser
>>>justs gets data.
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>> I believe mowestusa is saying something different,
>> and certainly worthy of consideration.  He wants,
>> if I understand correctly, to write little command-
>> line utilities which extract information from Web
>> sites and report back the temperature and wind
>> reported at a particular latitude and longitude,
>> or the current headlines at Slashdot, or the books
>> he has checked out from his local library.  These
>> are excellent tasks for Python, but he's quite
>> right:  there is an issue sharing his work with
>> others, for they might be unlikely to have Python
>> installed.
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>When's the last time you used VBScript or javascript for server-side 
>automation?
>

Years--not since the last time I was working on a book
on the subject.  

I get the feeling you're making a point that's utterly
lost on me.
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