Why Python is like BASIC (and why this is a good thing)

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <de3fc1ef.0202201233.2228e5b1 at posting.google.com>,
William Tanksley Google <wtanksley at bigfoot.com> wrote:
>rmunn at pobox.com (Robin Munn) wrote:
>>
>> * Batteries included. This is the big one, which makes Python more than
>
>My friend was griping about one battery that Basic comes with but
>Python doesn't (at least not that I've seen): graphics.  Yes, I know
>there's no single way to draw in Basic, but every version has a
>platform-specific graphics library.
>
>Does Python?  If so, I've never seen it.  I'd like to.

Python pretty much comes with Tkinter.  What's wrong with that?  Why do
you need a platform-specific library for "batteries included"?
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