How do *you* use Python in non-GUI work?

[Mensanator]

On May 18, 7:25�pm, John Salerno <johnj... at NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 18 May 2008 16:17:55 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Mensanator <mensana... at aol.com> wrote:
> > I see no need for GUI in any of these applications.
>
> Yeah, I try to find little projects to write in Python that don't involve a GUI. It's quicker, for one thing, and I also find that there is much more of a focus on the actual problem rather than wasting time trying to get a button positioned just right. :)
>
> Even back when I was using Windows 3.1 and 95, I enjoyed doing stuff in DOS because it made me feel like I was actually getting work done. :)

I see Python as the successor to Turbo Pascal - the DOS
version before Borland fucked it up by making it a GUI IDE.