Subprocess puzzle and two questions

[Roy Smith]

In article <mailman.3707.1352945064.27098.python-list at python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

> Indeed. But Python boasts that the batteries are included, and given
> the wealth of other networking facilities that are available, it is a
> bit of a hole that you can't run DNS queries in this way.

Think of the socket and struct modules as a pile of carbon rods and gobs 
of zinc paste, from which you can assemble your own batteries, and make 
them in exactly the shape and size you need.